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Progressives to spend $82 million to ensure universal health care
June 2, 2009This is the second of a series of on-the-spot reports from the America’s Future Now conference. Check back for more. WASHINGTON — Progressive groups will spend more than $82 million to support President Obama’s goal of...
Read moreMUSIC Sotomayor Mambo
June 2, 2009The National Institute For Latino Policy is asking organizations to play Sotomayor Mambo by Mambo Companions 'in solidarity' with the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Sotomayor
Read moreAfrica: Jubilee warns of another 1980s debt crisis
June 2, 2009JOHANNESBURG (IRIN) -- The Jubilee Debt Campaign is calling for an immediate US$400 billion debt cancellation for developing countries to avoid returning to a 1980s-style crisis. In the era of the 'credit crunch', where bail-outs and...
Read moreIn hard-times Flint, free clinic sets example for universal health care
June 2, 2009FLINT, Mich. — “It’s a sad story,” said Dr. Rima Kudish, as she talked about the devastating effect the economic crisis is having on residents of this city and the surrounding county. Kudish is executive director...
Read moreNBC’s risky Conan O’Brien-Leno move
June 2, 2009When you come home every night during the week after a long day at work, after you prepare and eat dinner then eventually put the children to bed, what do you watch on television before and...
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