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Single-Payer Advocates Excluded From Health Care Debate
After nearly seven hours of televised debate, President Obama’s so-called bipartisan healthcare summit ended Thursday without any substantive agreement between Republicans and Democrats. Republican lawmakers remained staunchly opposed to …
GOP Sen. Bunning Blocks Unemployment Benefits Extension
Washington - Some unemployment benefits could dry up Monday. Newly laid-off workers wouldn't get federal help with health insurance premiums. Road and transit bills could go unpaid, Medicare payments …
Where Is the Outrage?
Last week, a federal judge ruled that the families of two men who died in detention at Guantanamo couldn't sue the government because their imprisonment as enemy combatants had …
CREW Files Lawsuit, Alleges the VA Underreported Number of PTSD Cases
The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a lawsuit against the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) after the VA admitted to destroying documents responding to CREW's …
US Representative Myrick Has American Muslims Wary
Washington - A year ago, U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick was appointed to the House Intelligence Committee, a prestigious post she had long sought. There, top-secret briefings unveiled truths about …
Judge Orders Another Guantanamo Detainee Freed
Washington - A federal judge here has ordered the release of a Yemeni prisoner who's been held at the Guantanamo detention center since January 2002. U.S. District Judge Henry …
Marked Global Progress in the Abolition of the Death Penalty
Geneva - More than 1,000 activists and experts attending this week's Fourth World Congress Against the Death Penalty in this Swiss city are building a network of cooperation to …
Will Enough Democrats Go Along With Health Reform?
After more than a year of legislative wrangling and Republican obstructionism on health care, the Democrats and the president find themselves now having no choice but to take the …
Fighting the Subversion of Our People’s Sovereignty
As you've probably heard, corporations are now “people” — humanoids that are equivalent to you and me. This miraculous metamorphosis happened on Jan. 21. Accompanied by a blinding bolt …
Marjah: Success for the Military, Hell for the Residents
Marjah, Afghanistan - The dusty squares of Marjah are empty; there is no life, the soul of the place seems to have disappeared. Those residents who are left cower …