Commentary
Letters: September 12, 2009
September 13, 2009Armed attendees have been allowed at town hall meetings and public rallies where the President and other national officials were speaking. Paradoxically, Cindy Sheehan wore an anti-Bush t-shirt to a Bush rally and was arrested! Other...
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Stop Thief!
September 13, 2009A university survey of 4,387 low-wage workers showed that over two-thirds were cheated on their last week’s pay. They were cheated, on average, $51 out of their pay of $339. Thefts included paying less than minimum...
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Resetting the health care debate
September 13, 2009President Obama’s speech to Congress last night reset the debate and struggle for real health care reform. No one thought that the reform of our nation’s health care system would be easy to begin with, but...
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A report from the health care wars
September 12, 2009Doors were scheduled to open at 6:00 and though I arrived by 4:15, 300 people were already in line. A certain tension was in the air, as Rep. Gary Peters, a first-term Democrat in Michigan’s 9th...
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Double-header for Labor Day
September 8, 2009On Labor Day, the working people of the U.S. and all their allies stand poised to win two historic battles — one that ends the national shame of 50 million people living without health insurance, and...
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