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Communist Party to hold conference on health care

April 17, 2003

In an effort to help mobilize and organize its members for action, the Communist Party is calling an emergency national conference, “The Crisis in Healthcare and the Fightback,” set for New York City on May 17...

National Clips

April 11, 2003

NATIONWIDE: Struggle for peace continues With U.S. bombs falling on Iraq, the list of municipalities and counties enacting peace resolutions continues to grow. After March 20, the first day of the Bush war, Orange County, North...

Child advocates to Bush: Stop war on kids

April 11, 2003

WASHINGTON – More than 2,500 Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) delegates gathered here April 8-11 to fight Bush administration cutbacks in food stamps, Medicaid, and education and to demand that Congress enact the Dodd-Miller “Leave No Child...

Get insurance biz out of health care

April 10, 2003 By Carolyn Taylor

In February Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) introduced HR-676, the United States National Health Insurance Act (NHIA), which would establish a national single-payer health care system. Conyers said his bill will free our nation “from having to...

Cuts hit Michigan kids

April 10, 2003

Michigan’s poor are having an increasingly hard time making ends meet according to a recently completed study and numerous social service organizations throughout the state. According to the 2003 Market Basket Survey (which measures the buying...