U.S.
Universal coverage or more of the same?
February 6, 2004The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies of Sciences has just released a scathing critique of the state of health care coverage in the United States and a call for universal health coverage.
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Whose recovery?
February 6, 2004“The economy grew at a 4 percent annual rate in the final three months of 2003 – a slowdown from the red-hot performance of the prior quarter but still compelling evidence of a recovery in full...
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Conference says: Defeat Bush in 2004!
February 6, 2004NEW YORK – Responding to the call to “Build unity to take back our country in 2004 – Defeat Bush and the Ultra-Right,” about 300 people packed the Communist Party’s Winston Unity Auditorium here Jan. 31....
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National Clips
February 5, 2004GREENWICH, Conn.: Bush feels street heat in arctic air High school students sent out the call and 500 showed up to protest Bush as he stopped in to pick up $1,000 checks at a campaign fundraiser....
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Act now to free Marcus Dixon
February 5, 2004Marcus Dixon is sitting in jail because of racist injustice. Dixon, a Black teenager on his way to college, is instead serving a 10-year prison sentence for having consensual sex when he was 18 years old...
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