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Single-payer rally “welcomes” insurance industry group

June 17, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

It's no surprise that this week's meeting of America's Health Insurance Plans, the health insurance industry's national trade association, was greeted by a "welcoming committee."

Tired of pollution, Chicago students demand clean air

June 16, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Dozens of students, calling themselves the "Anti-Pollution Revolution," from high schools in Chicago's mostly Mexican American neighborhood protested against local power plants.

Pete Seeger on Woody Guthrie, youth and the environment

June 16, 2011 By David Kupfer

"These were the original verses, which Woody had written. He sang them several different ways. The way I learned it is how he wrote it, mentioning private property."

Stop the banksters: Michigan county weighs foreclosure moratorium

June 16, 2011 By John Rummel

The UAW's Miguel Foster called the area's foreclosure epidemic an "economic and human catastrophe" that is affecting many of his union's members.

Interfaith coalition tells Congress: Put job creation first

June 16, 2011 By Henry Millstein

The group, comprised of Muslim, Christian and Jewish organizations, called on Congress "to protect poor people from bearing the brunt of budget cuts."