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As Obama Hosts Summit on Healthcare, Marginalized Advocates Ask Why Single Payer Is Ignored; HRW's Richard Dicker and Scholar, Mediator Alex de Waal Debate International Criminal Court Indictment of Sudanese President for Mass Killings in Darfur; California State Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Gay Marriage Ban; Rocky Mountain News Ceases Publication as Other Newspapers Face … Continued
Lawmakers Debate Establishing "Truth Commission" on Bush Admin Torture, Rendition and Domestic Spying; Grammy-Winning Musician Arturo O'Farrill and Ex-Head of US Interests Section in Cuba Vicki Huddleston Back Artists' Call to Lift Cultural Boycott of Cuba. Headlines * Obama Holds Healthcare Summit, Agrees to Invite Single-Payer Backer Conyers * US to Overhaul Government Contract … Continued
Despite Celebrated Speech, Has Obama Really Ordered an End to US Occupation of Iraq?; Blackwater CEO Erik Prince Resigns in Latest Attempt to Rebrand Tarnished Mercenary Firm; "Sold Out": New Report Follows Lobbying Money Trail Behind Deregulation that Helped Cause Financial Crisis. Headlines * US to Open Preliminary Talks with Syria * Clinton Silent … Continued
Member of UN Environment Panel Warns Greenhouse Emissions Rising at Alarming, Unexpected Rate; Study Finds Unprecedented Growth in Climate Change Lobbying; Power Shift: Youth Climate Activists Swarm D.C. for Weekend of Organizing, Lobbying and Protest ; Lawyer: Freed Gitmo Prisoner Binyam Mohamed Experienced "Nightmare We Can't Imagine." Today's Headlines * Obama Budget to Include … Continued
"We Will Rebuild": In National Address, Obama Offers Ambitious Pledge on Economic Recovery, Healthcare Reform; Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz: Obama Has Confused Saving the Banks with Saving the Bankers; Fmr. Irish President Mary Robinson Heads Panel Faulting "War on Terror" for Eroding Human Rights. Today's Headlines * Obama Vows Economic Recovery, Healthcare Reform … Continued
Altering Bailout Rules, US Moves Closer to Nationalizing Troubled Banks; US Lags Behind Europe in Regulating Toxicity of Everyday Products. Today's Headlines * Freed Gitmo Prisoner Alleges Torture in US Captivity * White House-Backed Inquiry: Gitmo Conforms with Geneva Conventions * Admin Paves Way to Nationalizing Banks * Obama Mirrors Bush in Opposing Release … Continued
Obama's War: US Involvement in Afghanistan, Past, Present & Future. Today's Headlines * Report: US May Increase Stake in Citigroup * Obama Pledges to Cut Budget Deficit in Half * Obama Backs Bush Policy on Bagram Detainees * Binyam Mohamed Released from Guantanamo * US Military Secretly Working with Pakistani Troops * Amnesty Calls … Continued
