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Lack of Universal Healthcare Killed Deamonte Driver Sixty years ago, President Harry Truman was a man ahead of his times. According to Jill Quadagno’s “One Nation, Uninsured,” he wanted to give all Americans universal healthcare. Truman had the solid support of 75% of the country. Despite that, Truman’s effort was thwarted by the American Medical Association and by bigoted southern legislators who feared it would eliminate segregated medical facilities....
Posted: Mon, Mar 5, 2007 6:20am PST
Seven die in Pennsylvania house fire Six children and the mother of three of them died in a house fire early last Saturday morning near Waynesburg in southwestern Pennsylvania....
Posted: Fri, Feb 23, 2007 6:15am PST
Vegan Foods That Don’t Suck We have all eaten horrific vegan food. It is inevitable. But over time, I have collected truly delicious vegan recipes and thought I would share a few with you in this article. Vegan food does not have to suck! Vegan foods are generally cheaper to make than dairy and meat product foods. Vegan ingredients are often easier to store, many not requiring refrigeration, etc., as well. And vegan foods are a good antidote to the fat-laden American diet that is so conveniently at our fingertips nowada...
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 7:36am PST
Jakarta’s flood exposes government neglect and indifference Heavy monsoonal rains inundated large portions of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta and surrounding areas in early February. At least 80 people have died, including 57 in the city itself, mostly as a result of drowning or electrocution. More than 430,000 people, above all the poor who live in the low-lying areas of the capital, have been forced from their homes....
Posted: Tue, Feb 20, 2007 7:46am PST
Memories of Camp Quixote The abbreviated story of Olympia, WA's Camp Quixote......
Posted: Fri, Feb 16, 2007 1:53pm PST
Bush budget would slash Medicare, reward rich “The president’s budget is filled with debt and deception, disconnected from reality and continues to move America in the wrong direction,” charged Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, on Feb. 5....
Posted: Fri, Feb 16, 2007 7:00am PST
US and UK worst places in developed world to be a child The United States and Britain are the worst places in the major industrialised nations to be a child, according to a new report produced by Unicef. The organisation, which usually highlights the plight of child soldiers and children living in poverty in the so-called developing world, has turned the spotlight on 21 wealthy OECD countries. Its findings have exposed the appalling results of growing social inequality in both the UK and US. The report thoroughly refutes the claims of both governm...
Posted: Fri, Feb 16, 2007 6:29am PST
Call for the Second Katrina Survivors Assembly In accord with the principle that “the People Must Decide”, the People’s Hurricane Relief Fund and Oversight Coalition (PHRF/OC) calls for the convening of the Second Survivors Assembly on Saturday, August 25th – Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 in New Orleans, Louisiana. We ask that all Survivors Councils, independent Survivor formations, Gulf Coast civil society organizations, and Solidarity Committee’s interested in participating in the Second Survivors Assembly please contact us by March 1st, 2...
Posted: Wed, Feb 14, 2007 1:53pm PST
“It’s lonely out in space”: The desperate astronaut and the unreality of official American The unhappy incident involving astronaut Lisa Nowak is the latest episode in American life on which official sources shed virtually no light....
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 6:23am PST
Lack of affordable housing has deadly consequences Three tornadoes lashed through central Florida in the early morning hours on February 2, killing 20 people. Separate twisters touched down between 3:00 and 4:00 a.m. local time, the first in the rural community of Lady Lake, killing six people, and a few minutes later a second one swept through the small town of Paisley, claiming another 13 lives. Most of the victims were asleep and unaware of any impending danger. It is estimated that over 1,500 homes were destroyed or heavily damaged and th...
Posted: Sat, Feb 10, 2007 4:44pm PST
Action Alert: Invigorate, Don't Decimate, the Family and Medical Leave Act The Department of Labor has asked us to tell them what we think about the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and we have a week to tell them: "Invigorate, do not decimate, the Family and Medical Leave Act"....
Posted: Fri, Feb 9, 2007 9:28pm PST
Back-Alley Medicine? Uninsured Seek New Health Options Rising health care costs and crackdowns on undocumented immigrants are making many U.S. residents seek medical care from alternative health practitioners -- some of whom have dubious credentials. Viji Sundaram is New America Media's health editor....
Posted: Fri, Feb 9, 2007 7:40am PST
US Federal Reserve chairman issues warning on social inequality In a speech to the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, America’s central banker and one of the most powerful figures in the country, became the latest member of the US establishment to issue a caution about the growth of social inequality....
Posted: Thu, Feb 8, 2007 9:50am PST
Urgent: Camp Quixote in Olympia Given Orders to Shut Down I thought I'd pass this along as yet another example on how this country is waging war on the homeless. Maybe the Bay Area homeless need to get more organized, like these guys appearently are....
Posted: Wed, Feb 7, 2007 8:38pm PST
Senate Votes on Funding for Public Housing: Call Today! Our Senators will vote this week on a joint funding resolution which could help fill the $1 billion shortfall for Public Housing. Now is the time to call to urge Senators Boxer and Feinstein to increase funding levels!...
Posted: Wed, Feb 7, 2007 10:44am PST
Bush Declares War on Homeless, Low-Income Tenants Blunted thus far in his efforts to expand America’s war to Iran, President Bush has found a target closer to home: America’s homeless and low-income tenants. The Bush budget plan for fiscal year 2008 announced on February 6 slashes key low-income housing programs, while increasing America’s mammoth defense budget by 11%---an increase that does not include funding for the Iraq war. It will again be up to Congress to not only stop the cuts, but to achieve the long overdue budget increases neces...
Posted: Wed, Feb 7, 2007 7:30am PST
Bush wants to make tax cuts for the rich permanent President George W. Bush’s budget proposal calls for making permanent the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts scheduled to expire at the end of 2010. This would further widen the chasm between the wealthy elite and the rest of the population....
Posted: Wed, Feb 7, 2007 7:16am PST
Long-Term Price of Providing Veterans Medical Care Could Reach $660 Billion Over 200,000 soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan have been treated at Veterans Affairs medical facilities thus far, with 900,000 still deployed on active duty. A new study from Harvard University predicts that the cost of medical care and compensation benefits for returning veterans will skyrocket once those troops return home....
Posted: Tue, Feb 6, 2007 8:23am PST
War Against The Poor Enters New Phase in New Orleans "...two officers got out of the car and approached Common Ground volunteers. One of them, officer Lusk (badge number 1811) was involved in a previous incident where, he ... and another off duty officerin uniform broke into the office without a warrant and took computers and files belonging to Common Ground....
Posted: Sat, Feb 3, 2007 9:57pm PST
Deadly house fire in Petersburg, Virginia: the human cost of social inequality In the early hours of January 12, 2007, an old wood-frame house in Petersburg, Virginia caught fire, killing three boys and injuring seven others. Two sisters, Diamond and Hope Hazer, were renting the house, and their extended family was living in it. Six-year-old Mark Banks, 11-year-old Na’Tyah Hazer and 16-year-old John Harper Jr. were unable to escape the fire....
Posted: Thu, Feb 1, 2007 8:54am PST
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