health care

Labor says nation’s health at stake in Supreme Court battle

March 26, 2012 By John Wojcik

The right wing's use of the Supreme Court to try to destroy President Obama's Affordable Health Care Act endangers the very health of the American people.

Veterans, families mark 9th anniversary of Iraq War

March 20, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Speakers, many Iraq Veterans against the War, called for proper care for the war's veterans, many of whom suffer the "invisible wounds" of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury as well as physical injuries.

AFL-CIO defends women’s access to contraception

March 16, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

In the wake of a GOP-induced controversy over contraceptive rights and health care, the AFL-CIO has stepped forward to defend women's access to contraception, "regardless of where they work."

100,000 demand Clarence Thomas stay out of health care hearing

February 22, 2012 By Joe Sims

Over 100,000 signatures demanding Justice Clarence Thomas recuse himself from upcoming March hearings on the Affordable Care Act were presented to the Supreme Court on Friday.

Honduran resistance group forms political party

February 21, 2012 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Honduras' National Front for Popular Resistance gathered in Tegucigalpa, Feb. 11-12, to launch a political party. The name, Liberation and Re-foundation Party (Libre), is timely: Honduras is mired in catastrophe.