Article Listing
-
Philly to CIGNA, Congress: “Health care now!”
September 26, 2009PHILADELPHIA — Arlene Holt Baker, executive vice president of the AFL-CIO, speaking to a dense crowd of over 800 gathered on the north side of City Hall here, placed the importance of the health care struggle...
Read more -
Californians to top insurer: Stop denying our care!
September 26, 2009SAN FRANCISCO - "Big Insurance: Stop denying our care! Public option Now!" and "Big Insurance: Sick of it!" read the signs, as hundreds of protesters jammed into the small sidewalk space in front of Wellpoint/Anthem Blue...
Read more -
Obama: I will not waver in pursuit of Mideast peace
September 25, 2009“I will not waver in pursuit of peace” between Israelis and Palestinians, President Obama told world leaders at the United Nations today.“The time has come to re-launch negotiations — without preconditions — that address the permanent-status...
Read more -
Cuba prepares for UN resolution, U.S. renews blockade
September 24, 2009“Not even in a state of war, do international conventions allow a blockade of food and medicines,” Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriquez declared on Sept. 16. He was introducing reporters to a Cuban report to the...
Read more -
Health care rallies: ‘Big Insurance Makes Me Sick!’
September 24, 2009OWINGS MILLS, MD.--Fighters for health care reform holding placards with slogans like “People Before Profit” and “Public Option Now” rallied outside health insurance company offices Sept. 22 to demand that Congress stop kowtowing to insurance profiteers...
Read more