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OPINION: Electoral coup d’etat in Iran
June 16, 2009The people of Iran woke up Saturday morning to find not only that the election had been stolen from the popular opposition candidate, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, but that any means of protesting against the electoral fraud and...
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As Congress shapes health care bill, opportunities and dangers for progressives
June 16, 2009Congress is approaching the end of its first month in this cycle of grappling with the nation’s failed health care system. There is huge opportunity to win a significant improvement to our system and a major...
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Small business owner grapples with health care costs
June 16, 2009WEST PLAINS, Mo. — Travis Morrison has the hands of a man who has worked hard his whole life. And while the cement mixing plant he runs has been around for 22 years, things have never...
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Fight for public health plan option advances in Congress
June 15, 2009Major House and Senate committees last week released drafts of health care reform proposals just as President Obama took his case for reform to the American people. In Green Bay, Wisconsin, Thurs. June 11, President Obama...
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LA transportation plan delayed after public protest
June 15, 2009Public protest greeted the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority’s (MTA) recent special board meeting to pass the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). The LRTP is a plan that spans over 30 years at a cost of...
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