Editors' Blog
Health reform benefits put in place last year
Republicans want to repeal the following benefits (see DrsforAmerica.org) put in place by the health reform law:
Republican Repeal of Health Reform Would Harm Women
House Push to Repeal Health Care Law Would Hurt Women’s HealthPlanned Parenthood Opposes House Bill to Repeal Health Care Law
Victory for the Uprising of the Tunisian People!
The masses of the Tunisian popular uprising culminated yesterday their heroic struggle, that continued throughout the past four weeks against the regime of tyranny and oppression which had strangled them for about a quarter of a century, with a remarkable victory reflected in the shameful escape of the head of the collapsed regime, Zein al-Abidin Ben Ali, from the country, haunted by curses and besieged by condemnations.
[Update] New rules re: travel to Cuba
There haven't been many specifics released yet, but according to the Latin America Working Group here are some likely changes being made by the Obama administration:
Public employees DON'T make more than private sector workers
It's really simple.
Doctors Say Yes To Health Reform, No To Repeal
Doctors Say Yes To Health Reform, No To RepealThousands of Physicians and Medical Students Show Their Support for Health Reform
Environmental Group Praises Obama Admin. for Vetoing Mountaintop Removal Coal Mine
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Vetoes Proposed West Virginia Mountaintop Removal Mine
Book Review: All Labor Has Dignity
review By Catherine O'DonnellUniversity of Washington News and InformationMartin Luther King Jr. led the American civil rights movement but his deep and active commitment to labor and social justice is often forgotten.A new book, “All Labor Has Dignity” (Beacon Press, $26.95, hardcover with CD), brings together 16 of King’s speeches on economic justice, many of them buried in the King archives until now.
The CIA File on Luis Posada Carriles
The CIA File on Luis Posada CarrilesA Former Agency Asset Goes on Trial in the U.S.From: http://www.nsarchive.org
