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Radical right imposes austerity on Texas

July 25, 2003

AUSTIN, Texas – After three years in power, the Bush administration’s vision is coming more sharply into focus. Its foreign policy goal is to use military force to expand its domination of foreign markets; its domestic...

Ann Arbor says, Save civil liberties

July 25, 2003

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – By a 9-2 vote, the Ann Arbor City Council passed a “resolution to safeguard the civil liberties of Ann Arbor residents,” according to a statement by the Michigan American Civil Liberties Union....

GAO cites failures in home elder care

July 25, 2003 By Annie Fox

In some states, home and community-based alternatives are replacing nursing homes as the primary form of long-term elder care. Despite widespread support for home care for the elderly as more desirable and less costly, there are...

Rhode Island budget coalition scores win

July 25, 2003

Around the country, state budgets have been in crisis. Rhode Island’s budget is no different, with a deficit in the hundreds of millions – a big number for a small state. Newly-elected Republican Gov. Don Carcieri...

We need a national health plan for all

July 25, 2003

Workers Correspondence The other day, I went to the drug store to fill five prescriptions for my wife and me. My total cost was $10. There were two other retired workers in line with me, also...