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  • Activists say ‘thanks’ for health care reform

    Activists say ‘thanks’ for health care reform

    November 14, 2009

    Video: In Dallas, activists from MoveOn, Organizing for America, Jobs with Justice and the Progressive Center of Texas poured into the offices of Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson to thank her for voting for health care reform.

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  • Difficult victory

    Difficult victory

    November 11, 2009 By PW Editorial Board

    Overcoming the intense lobbying efforts of the health insurance-industrial complex and their far-right "tea party" stormtroopers, which spent some $640,000 a day opposing health care reform, the American people and their organizations, especially their unions, mobilized...

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  • Elections yield both good news and bad

    Elections yield both good news and bad

    November 4, 2009 By John Wojcik

    The early news was not good for liberals and progressives, but it got better as the night wore on.

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  • Keep pushing

    Keep pushing

    October 29, 2009 By PW Editorial Board

    The people are not buying the false notion that so-called "free market" is the answer to all their problems.

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  • Tide turns on health care reform

    Tide turns on health care reform

    October 27, 2009 By John Wojcik

    The announcement by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that the public option will reach the Senate floor was greeted by labor and other leaders as proof that the tide has turned in favor of health care...

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