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Why are We Afraid to Create the Jobs We Need? � SpeakEasy
(blogs.alternet.org)
Unemployment is the scourge of our nation. It causes death and disease. It eats away at family life. It erodes our sense of confidence and well being. And it’s a profound insult to the richest... More
Submitted 15 days ago by scastaTMC | 0 Comments |
Medicaid is Failing, and Nothing Short of Health-Care Reform Can Fix It | News & Politics | AlterNet
(www.alternet.org)
Health-care reform may be stalled in Congress, but you need only look to the overburdened Medicaid program to find evidence of the continued toll the current economic crisis is taking on Americans'... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by scastaTMC | 0 Comments |
Pelosi rules out dropping health care overhaul | AlterNet
(www.alternet.org)
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday ruled out dropping efforts to pass legislation remaking US health care, which faces an uncertain fate in the US Congress.
Submitted about 1 month ago by scastaTMC | 0 Comments |
Obama, allies, seek imminent health deal | AlterNet
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The White House and labor unions unveiled a breakthrough deal Thursday to clear a major obstacle blocking President Barack Obama's all-out campaign to remake US health care, his top domestic goal.
Submitted 2 months ago by scastaTMC | 0 Comments |
Weekly Pulse: A Senate Bill By Christmas?
(www.themediaconsortium.org)
Early Monday morning, the senate voted 60-40 along straight party lines to defeat the initial attempt to filibuster the health care reform bill. Yesterday, it passed the second of three procedural... More
Submitted 2 months ago by lizchapman on Healthcare | 0 Comments |
Sorry Deniers, There's No Such Thing as 'Global Cooling' | Environment | AlterNet
(www.alternet.org)
The latest plot by some global warming deniers is to push a bogus 'theory' that the earth is actually cooling, instead of warming. But the AP's Seth Borenstein took the hot air out of their sails. In... More
Submitted 4 months ago by AlisonHamm on Sustain | 0 Comments |
Is Lou Dobbs, CNN's Resident Bigot, on His Way Out? | | AlterNet
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The heat on CNN to dump right-wing nativist news host Lou Dobbs has reached a boiling point.
Submitted 5 months ago by Nezua on Immigration | 0 Comments |
Betsy 'Death Panels' McCaughey Made to Look Ridiculous by Progressive Stalwart in Key Health Care Debate (www.alternet.org)
I know I'm not supposed to say this, but I actually feel sort of sorry for Betsy McCaughey. When McCaughey burst on the scene in the 1990s to take her shot at unraveling Hillary Clinton's health-care... More
Submitted 5 months ago by HealthcareNewsLadder on Healthcare | 0 Comments |
Senate Climate Bill Revealed: A Quick Guide
(www.alternet.org)
Here's a first look at its pros and cons, how it's different from the climate bill that passed the House, and what to expect next.
Submitted 5 months ago by raquelbrown on Sustain | 0 Comments |
Anti-Immigrant Hardliners Offer Bad Amendments to Health Bill, Get Shot Down | Immigration | AlterNet
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Today the Senate Finance Committee is considering several key amendments on immigration to the current health insurance reform legislation.�� The worst amendments are sponsored by Senators Kyl... More
Submitted 5 months ago by Nezua on Immigration | 0 Comments |

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