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Newly Formed 150,000-Strong Nurses' Union Pushes for Single-Payer Healthcare; Burn Your Health Insurance Bill Day: New Group Advocates Direct Action to Demand Single-Payer System; Dr. Quentin Young, Longtime Obama Confidante and Physician to MLK, Criticizes Admin's Rejection of Single-Payer Healthcare; Ahead of Pivotal El Salvador Vote, Rep. Raul Grijalva Leads Congressional Call to Reverse Longstanding … Continued
Economist Ha-Joon Chang on "The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism"; "Sending More Troops Will Not Solve the Problem" – Grassroots Afghan Activist Rangina Hamidi. Headlines * Obama Lifts Stem Cell Research Ban * Supreme Court Limits the Reach of Voting Rights Act * 35,000 Jobs to Be Lost After … Continued
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Alice Walker, CODEPINK Founder Medea Benjamin in Gaza to Mark International Women's Day; Fmr. Irish President Mary Robinson Joins Women Leaders at International Women's Conference in Liberia; AT&T Accused of Discriminating Against Local Public Access Channels, Deadline for Public Comment Expires Tonight. Headlines * Report: World Faces First Global Recession Since … 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
