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People’s Weekly World labor editor debates Employee Free Choice Act on askthetrucker.com
March 11, 2009People's Weekly World labor editor debates Employee Free Choice Act on askthetrucker.com
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Study links poorer hospital care to racial segregation
March 11, 2009Original source: ProPublica For years, doctors and researchers have found that African-Americans with heart disease tend to receive lower-quality care, part of a larger problem of health disparities in America. Racial segregation may account for some...
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FIRST-HAND REPORT: The White House health care summit
March 11, 2009The following report from the March 5 White House Health Care Summit from Dr. Oliver Fein, president of Physicians for a National Health Program, was posted on PNHP’s blog. Original source: Thanks to many grassroots activists...
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War crimes and double standards
March 11, 2009Original source: New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof – like many of his American colleagues – is applauding the International Criminal Court’s arrest order against Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for his role in the...
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$5 billion in contributions bought Wall street freedom from regulation, report finds
March 11, 2009The financial sector invested more than $5 billion in political influence purchasing in Washington over the past decade, with as many as 3,000 lobbyists winning deregulation and other policy decisions that led directly to the current...
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