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President Obama’s back-to-school speech

September 13, 2009 By Tim Wheeler

The President: Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today? I’m here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, kindergarten through twelfth grade. I’m glad...

Health care fight heats up in West Hartford

September 13, 2009 By Art Perlo

On September 2, over 600 health care supporters turned out at a forum in West Hartford, CT conducted by Rep. John Larson. Larson is Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and a supporter of health care.

Houston turns out for health care reform

September 12, 2009 By James Thompson

HOUSTON – About 2000 supporters of health care reform attended a rally called by Organizing for America (OFA) at Houston City Hall on in spite of raging thunderstorms and the last of the summer heat. The...

Philadelphians demand health care for all

September 12, 2009 By Ben Sears

PHILADELPHIA - Dr. Valerie Armstead does not like having “to spend more time fighting with insurance companies” than she does caring for her patients at Jefferson Hospital. “We need a public option now,” she told a...

Arson suspected in giant ‘Station Fire’

September 12, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel

Los Angeles County’s largest-ever brush fire, the Station Fire ― raging since Aug. 26 in the Angeles National Forest 20 miles north of Los Angeles ― was reported 42 percent contained Sept. 4 after ripping through...