John Bachtell
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Bachtell
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U.S.
Dying for health care, suburbanites sit in to “get it done!”
February 23, 2010WILLOWBROOK, Ill. - Sixty-eight Americans die prematurely every day because they can't get access to health care coverage.
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U.S.
Residents sit-in for health care at congressional office
February 21, 2010Video: Residents sit-in at Rep. Judy Biggert's suburban office, demanding health care now!
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Peace
Chicago mayor calls for end to Afghanistan and Iraq wars
February 15, 2010Mayor Richard M. Daley blasted US funding for military occupation in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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U.S.
Against the odds, independent politics advance in Illinois election
February 3, 2010CHICAGO -- Voters in the Feb. 2 Illinois primary election seemed to send a message to politicians: We're fed up with corruption; we want solutions.
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U.S.
Chicago youth to Obama, Congress: We want to work!
February 1, 2010CHICAGO - A group of African American youth and community organizers who gathered to watch the State of the Union address were most interested in what the president had to say about jobs.
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U.S.
Illinois election battles heat up
January 14, 2010CHICAGO - The 2010 election year has shifted into turbo drive here. Illinois looks to be a key national battleground where the labor-led all people's coalition faces a stiff challenge to consolidate the defeat of the...
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Opinion
2010 elections key to building a green, demilitarized economy
January 7, 2010In a Dec. 4 editorial entitled, "The Welfare State and Military Power," the Wall Street Journal actually said something I agree with: you can't have both guns and butter.
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U.S.
Aid urgently needed to stem Cook County health care crisis
December 29, 2009Stroger Hospital, is the largest public hospital in Cook County and one of the largest in the country. If there is a place where the nation's horrific health care crisis can be seen this is it.
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