2009
The year in headlines: High hopes at start, roadblocks at end
December 31, 2009WASHINGTON (PAI) — It was a year that started with such high hopes for workers and their unions — and ended in roadblocks and looming disappointment.
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LETTERS: public option, getting to the roots, Labor Day, film showing
August 21, 2009Public option We need the public option now more than ever. What the Tea Party elderly don’t know is that they are bankrupting government Medicare without some other form of health care reform. The public option...
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Fixing busted budgets
August 21, 2009In state capitals across the country, the fiscal year began July 1 with financial catastrophe. Summer schools were shut in California, state parks closed in Arizona, drug treatment and home health workers were slashed in Illinois,...
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Truth-telling time
August 21, 2009This is truth-telling time in the fight for health care. The voices of the uninsured and underinsured, of those who have insurance but live in fear of losing it, must be heard. The stakes could not...
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Benicio del Toro awarded Tomas Gutierrez Alea Prize
August 21, 2009On July 30, President of the Cuban Union of Artists and Writers Miguel Barnet presented to Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro the Tomás Gutiérrez Alea International Film Prize, an award sponsored by the Cuban Union...
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