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“We Have 51 Senate Votes for Public Option” Adam Green to Ed Schultz (VIDEO)
Adam Green, of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, told Ed Schultz yesterday that he counts 51 votes in the senate for the public option, and cites details on senators …
Obama’s Health Care Legacy Hangs on 216 House Votes
Washington - The looming vote for final passage of the historic health-care bill is the stiffest challenge House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn has faced in his three-plus years as …
A Place to Make Sparks
We're all tired of the suffocating parameters of “left versus right,” of “blue America versus red America,” of manufactured conflict - the evil twin of manufactured consent. We're tired …
Obama’s Plan for Education Reform: Short on Specifics, So Far
President Obama will send the outlines of an education overhaul bill to Congress on Monday, promising sweeping changes to a faltering American education system.
Israel Lands in Public Relations Nightmare
Jerusalem - Israeli riot police and soldiers have, since Friday, sealed off the Al Aqsa mosque, Islam's third holiest shrine, restricting entry to women and Palestinian men over 50. …
Homes for Our Troops Building 32 Houses for Disabled Veterans
After losing his right leg and severely injuring his left leg while serving in Iraq, veteran Frank Pierson moved in with his wife at her mother's home in Cicero, …
Teamsters’ New Tactic Scores at Continental Airlines
The Teamsters Union's February 12 election victory to represent 7,600 ground workers at Continental Airlines shows that good old-fashioned hard work might be making a comeback. Several hundred union …
Another Accused American Terrorist in Yemen
From a Yemeni perspective, it appears that the West is sending terrorists to Yemen. This week, Sharif Mobley, a 26-year-old from Buena, New Jersey has joined the list of …
Thailand: Rural Masses Stage Historic Protest
Bangkok - An unprecedented show of force by men and women from Thailand’s rural hinterland was on display over the weekend as they poured into Bangkok in the tens …
“Coffee Party” Movement: Not Far From the “Tea Party” Message?
Decatur, Georgia - If the big “tea party” protest in Atlanta last year had the trappings of a rock show, complete with a riding “Paul Revere,” Saturday's “coffee party” …