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Death panels, euthanasia, abortion: health care fiction and facts
August 13, 2009Death panels. Euthanasia. ACORN. Abortion. Immigrants. An insurance industry-backed right-wing smear campaign wants to inject these highly emotional terms into the health reform debate in order to scare people into opposing a major overhaul of the...
Read moreSummers says Obama will fix Social Security question is how
August 13, 2009One of President Obama’s top economic advisers, Lawrence Summers, told leading economists Aug. 11 that the president intends to overhaul Social Security before he leaves the White House.
Read moreCrisis and opportunity
August 13, 2009Original source: The dog days of August have arrive, Washington has mostly cleared out and neither health care reform nor the Employee Free Choice Act have been passed. The Republicans, the Hard Right, and Corporate America...
Read moreObama awards 16 with Presidential Medal of Freedom
August 13, 2009The lifetime accomplishments of 16 activists, entertainers, doctors, scientists and athletes will be awarded the highest civilian honor this afternoon, known as the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The awards, presented by President Barack Obama recognizes individuals...
Read moreWhere is the struggle for immigration reform going?
August 13, 2009President Obama announced this week that he thinks that immigration reform legislation can be done early next year, 2010. This represents a postponement from the original idea of getting it done this coming fall. Although this...
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