Annie Fox
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Taking back the land in Miami
December 1, 2006MIAMI, Fla. — “We are housing for the people, by the people,” proclaims a sign outside the kitchen at Umoja Village in Liberty City, Miami. What is Umoja Village and how did it come to be...
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Family tragedy as a Great Political Issue
April 1, 2005Two weeks ago, few outside Florida had heard of Terri Schiavo. As of this writing, her family has run out of court appeals and legislative efforts to reconnect her feeding tube. This is probably not the...
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Social Security under Bush attack: Your parents will be living with you!
December 10, 2004As long ago as the early 1930s, through the Townsend movement and other efforts, our parents and grandparents (and a few of us) fought for a pension plan for people 65 and older. The U.S. was...
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Capitalism, politics & natural disasters
September 17, 2004As I write this here in Florida, recovery from Hurricane Charley is still under way. Frances has barely gotten through the South. And now Hurricane Ivan is moving through the Gulf of Mexico.
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The worlds public health stake in defeating Bush
June 25, 2004The unleashing of U.S. corporate power across the world must be halted. The criminal Iraq war launched by the Bush administration, and serving oil company insatiability, is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Mad cows and sick chickens: capitalism and the food supply
April 9, 2004Are you becoming afraid of the grocery store? If you are, it’s no wonder. Mad cow disease, avian flu, and mercury in salmon are the latest dangers to our food supply.
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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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Medicare reform a threat to women
December 19, 2003The Bush administration, the right wing of the Republican Party, and the health insurance industry have achieved a remarkable feat – the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 is a major threat to...
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