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Health Care Reform: Some Optimism Please

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama and Health Care, Rationing of Service, The Public Option, Civil-Rights-Act-of-1964, Right Wing Conspiracy, Hillary Clinton, Universal Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Ted Kennedy, Politics News
SaraKay Smullens

Health care costs are rising fast and are the largest cause of personal bankruptcies. Our life expectancy is lower than most industrialized countries, but our health care costs more than any of them.

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Firefighters and the Simmering Race Problem

Deepak Chopra | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civil Rights Act of 1964, New-Haven-Firefighters, US Supreme Court, Hiring Discrimination, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

What bothers me about the New Haven case isn't that somebody might get treated unfairly, although that's a serious concern, of course. It's the sad fact that no black firemen passed the test.

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Why the California Court's Decision Is Good for Gay Marriage

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judicial Activism, Proposition 8, California, Strauss v. Horton, David Paterson, Progressive Agenda, Civil Rights Act of 1964, California Prop 8 Ruling, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Defense of Marriage Act, California-Supreme-Court-Gay-Marriage, Don't Ask Don't Tell, California Gay Marriage, Prop 8 Ballot Initiative, Ballot Initiatives, Gay Rights, New York Gay Marriage, Ban on Gay Marriages, Brown v. Board of Education, David Paterson Gay Marriage Bill, California Supreme Court Gay Marriage, Vermont Gay Marriage, California Supreme Court, Maine Gay Marriage, New Hampshire Gay Marriage, California Gay Marriage Ban, Vermont Gay Marriage Override, Gay Marriage, California Supreme Court Same Sex Marriage, California Proposition 8, Politics News
Aaron Zelinsky

We should view the California court not as opposing gay marriage, but rather as promoting public deliberation and democratic action on the subject of equal rights.

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Gay Marriage in Vermont: Three Progressive Lessons

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Title IX, New Federalism, Federalism, Grassroots, Progressive Agenda, Lily Ledbetter Act, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Vermont Gay Marriage Veto, Connecticut Gay Marriage, Progressive Politics, Vermont Gay Marriage Bill, California Gay Marriage, Governor David Paterson, Brown v. Board of Education, Connecticut Gay Marriage Ruling, Vermont Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage Ban, Vermont Gay Marriage Override, Gay Marriage, California Proposition 8, Politics News
Aaron Zelinsky

For too long, federalism, the Madisonian concept of shared power between state and federal government, has been an idea monopolized by conservatives.

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Experts Insist Recent Sightings of Mythical "Democratic Spine" Just Another Hoax

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 12.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Satire, President Obama, Backbone, Science, Obama Transition, Obama, Congress, Senate, Comedy, Lieberman, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Obama Administration, Democratic Senate, Democratic Backbone, Obama White House, Bush Administration, Political Humor, Democratic Administration, Republican Control, Anthropology, Republican Dynasty, Joe Lieberman, Democratic Spine, President Elect Obama, Entertainment News
Michael Gene Sullivan

Unlike the Abominable Snowman, scientists say the Spine of the Democratic Party is more than a fairy tale. Incredible as it seems, the legend of Democratic Backbone is based on historical fact.

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