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  • Katrina exposes crisis in public health

    Katrina exposes crisis in public health

    December 2, 2005

    WASHINGTON (PAI) — Hurricane Katrina shows the U.S. public health care system, which is supposed to handle millions of people in event of a calamity, is in great danger, Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the...

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  • Cheney seeks sixth deferment

    Cheney seeks sixth deferment

    December 2, 2005

    Veep hopes to secure place in history. Vice President Dick Cheney announced plans today to seek an historic sixth draft deferment, realizing a longstanding personal dream of his. Clutching his deferment application in his hand as...

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  • Greenspan, Bernanke, and the Fed

    Greenspan, Bernanke, and the Fed

    December 2, 2005 By Art Perlo

    The federal deficit is becoming a central point of political struggle. Republicans in Congress are trying to enact a series of cuts in vital programs while extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. In the...

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  • Bush aims to derail Amtrak

    Bush aims to derail Amtrak

    December 2, 2005

    PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak’s Board of Directors is engaged in union busting in order to shift the ownership of this valuable public asset over to the Bush administration’s private campaign contributors. This was the charge leveled by...

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  • Gulf Coast Update

    Gulf Coast Update

    December 2, 2005

    “Just as the government failed to get folks out and people were left to die, they are failing right now to give survivors decent shelter and an opportunity to return,” said William Quigley, law professor at...

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