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  • Immigrants don’t overuse health care system

    Immigrants don’t overuse health care system

    August 14, 2009

    It's not exactly news among those who follow these things, but it bears noting that a new report once more shows that immigrants in the United States today, whether they have legal status or not, are...

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  • Bloggers, activists head to Pittsburgh for Netroots Nation confab

    Bloggers, activists head to Pittsburgh for Netroots Nation confab

    August 13, 2009

    PITTSBURGH, Pa. — With more than 1,500 progressive bloggers and activists streaming into Steel City for the Netroots Nation confab this week, Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., joined United Steelworkers president Leo Gerard, Campaign for America’s Future...

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  • Vets for Peace map next steps to end wars

    Vets for Peace map next steps to end wars

    August 13, 2009

    Moving from Hope to Action was the theme of the Veterans for Peace national convention last week. The group’s executive director, Michael McPhearson, and other leaders hailed the movement that helped elect the first U.S. president...

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  • Is tide shifting against town hall disrupters?

    Is tide shifting against town hall disrupters?

    August 13, 2009

    When Rep. Rick Larsen, a Democrat, held a town hall meeting in Ferndale, Wash., a few days ago, the meeting was packed with right-wingers who booed and heckled his attempts to explain the urgent need to...

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  • Hospital execs slurping up big bonus bucks

    Hospital execs slurping up big bonus bucks

    August 13, 2009

    As the right wing tries to convince Americans that health care reform is unaffordable, hospitals, claiming they have to stay “competitive,” are spooning out multi-million dollar pay packages to their top executives.  Recent reports printed in...

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