U.S.
Obama pushes health care overhaul
June 24, 2009At a news conference Tuesday at the White House President Barack Obama called for the creation of a national health care system that would cover the 47 million now without insurance, a clean energy economy, and...
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Atheist group challenges ‘prayer station’ in City Hall
June 24, 2009The city of Warren, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, is the site of a separation of church and state controversy with a Wisconsin-based group, the Freedom from Religion foundation, challenging a “prayer station” set up in...
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High court upholds Voting Rights Act
June 24, 2009Civil rights leaders hailed the U.S. Supreme Court’s 8 to 1 ruling June 22 upholding Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) and vowed to continue the struggle to protect African Americans, Latinos, and...
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Recession fuels dating violence, curbs prevention
June 24, 2009A survey released earlier this month finds that teen dating violence rates are higher than ever, with the economic crisis apparently worsening rates of abuse of between parents and among teens. Those June 10 results come...
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COMMENTARY ‘No one asked us…’
June 23, 2009'Doomsday' budget cuts that hurt society's most vulnerable leads one Illinois worker to question if the 'system' is worth preserving. Today I came home from work with another headache, jaw sore from clenching my teeth, drained...
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