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Health advocates tell Capitol Hill: go for single-payer, not Mass. plan
March 4, 2009A packed Capitol Hill forum Feb. 25 heard a warning that national health care reform should steer clear of the problems Massachusetts has experienced with its state program. Titled “National Lessons from State Health Reform: the...
Read moreNew Labor Dept. head pledges to work for workers (for a change)
March 4, 2009MIAMI — Hector Capote, a Cuban immigrant, told the nation’s new secretary of labor and the crowd that packed the African-Methodist Episcopal Church here March 2 that after 14 years of dead-end jobs, “many of them...
Read moreClinton in Mid-East: U.S. will vigorously press two-state solution
March 4, 2009During her visit to Israel this week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reaffirmed U.S. ties with Israel but said the Obama administration believes that working for a two-state solution is both inevitable and in Israel's best...
Read moreRussia communist leader slams ‘dirty’ local elections
March 4, 2009Original source: Russian communist leader Gennady Zyuganov slammed local elections on Sunday as 'the dirtiest in the last 15 years' after the ruling United Russia Party won an average 66 per cent of votes. The Communist...
Read moreEconomist: Encouraging family-friendly workplace policies
March 4, 2009This is a copy of Center for American Progress Action Fund Senior Economist Heather Boushey testimony before the House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Workplace Protections. You can download the full testimony (pdf) For...
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