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Thousands demand health care now!
June 1, 2009SEATTLE—Led by mothers and their children, thousands of union members and other health care advocates marched through the city here May 30 behind a giant banner that proclaimed, “Health care for All in 2009 … We...
Read moreOutrage, profound sadness follow in wake of Kansas doctor’s murder
June 1, 2009Starting with the president, people expressed profound sadness and outrage over the murder of Dr. George Tiller in his Wichita, Kan., church. Tiller, one of the few American physicians who performed late-term abortions, was gunned down...
Read moreObama’s weekly address: Judge Sotomayor’s qualifications
June 1, 2009Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address Saturday, May 30, 2009 Washington D.C. This week, I nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the U.S. Court of Appeals to replace Justice David Souter, who is retiring after nearly...
Read moreRonald Takaki, 70, pioneer of multi-cultural studies
May 31, 2009Original source: BERKELEY — Ronald Takaki, professor emeritus of ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and a preeminent scholar of U.S. race relations who taught the University of California's first Black history course, died...
Read moreIs New York’s Mayoral race in the bag?
May 31, 2009NEW YORK—If you were to believe the hype, of which there’s no shortage, you would think that this city’s Republican-now-turned-independent mayor, Michael Bloomberg, has the November elections in the bag. But how many people actually believe...
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