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Growing Calls for Immigration Reform That Leaves No Family Behind

Steve Ralls | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gay Families, Patrick Leahy, DREAM Act, Family Immigration, Jerrold Nadler, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Reuniting Families Act, Immigration, Congress, Mike Honda, Uniting American Families Act, Politics News
Steve Ralls

Millions of families remain separated because of bureaucratic paper trails and discriminatory policies that do not recognize gay families for the purposes of equal immigration rights.

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America Can Do Better -- Stopping Child Abuse Deaths

Michael Petit | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: MacKenzie Phillips, Congress, Child Abuse, Jaycee Lee Dugard, Barack Obama, Politics News
Michael Petit

Children at grave risk of being abused or killed need the government's protection and we should have a national approach for doing this because the heavy toll exacted by abuse and neglect is both economic and moral.

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Cybersecurity - A Dark Horse in the National Race for Resources

Sarah Granger | Posted 10.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Cybersecurity, Senate, Congress, Cybersecurity-Czar, Technology News
Sarah Granger

Congress is well aware that cybersecurity is a concern. It's not just a political phrase to drop in hopes of greater appropriations; the language is making its way into some major bills.

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Why Majority Support Does Not Guarantee Health Reform (and Why This Isn't All Bad)

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fear, Public Fears, House, Health, Public Opinion, Congress, Health Care, Health Reform, Obama Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Senate, Public Option, Barack Obama, Politics News
Elizabeth Rigby

A full defense of the public option requires moving beyond the basic arguments for reform. It requires reform proponents to take seriously the fears of opponents, even if they make up only a minority of the American public.

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Obama Uses Facebook, Twitter To Advance Health Care Reform

Huffington Post | Posted 10.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Social Media, Obama, Congress, Time to Deliver, Organizing for America, Grassroots, Technology News

President Obama used social networking to overwhelm Congress' phone lines Tuesday when he asked his thousands of followers on Facebook and Twitter to ...

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Cutting The Fat From School Lunches (AUDIO)

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact

Read More: Fruits and Vegetables, Congress, Iom, Calories, Trans Fat, School Lunches, Impact News

A child can't grow on tater tots alone, says the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine. A new report by the IOM recommends that America'...

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The Man Behind the J Street Smear Campaign

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: J Street, Aipac, Lenny Davis, West Bank, Jews and Barack Obama, Judaism, Lobbyists, Arab-Americans, Congress, Israel, Politics News
MJ Rosenberg

There sure is a lot of effort going into discrediting an organization that is, in fact, only a little to the left of the "mainstream" pro-Israel organizations.

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Organizing for America's "Time to Deliver" Is Now

Micah Sifry | Posted 10.20.2009 | Technology

Read More: Health Care Reform, Congress, Barack Obama, Jeremy Bird, Organizing for America, Online-Organizing, Technology News
Micah Sifry

Today, Obama is doing something no sitting U.S. President has done before. He is using his massive network of grass-roots supporters to generate pressure from below on them to pass health care reform.

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An Optimist on Climate Change

Alexia Parks | Posted 10.21.2009 | Impact

Read More: Congress, David Johnston, United Nations, Green, Copenhagen, Unfccc, Sustainability, Climate Change, Joe Biden, Bill Mckibben, United Nations Convention on Climate Change, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Impact News
Alexia Parks

We're at a point," I've been told, "where everything we know is out of date. What happens next is unknowable, unspeakable, and undetermined."

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Step Up to Mike's Challenge

Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Roger and Me, Barbara Boxer, Fair Elections Now Act, Houses, Lobbyists, Vermont, Connecticut, Jobs, Fahrenheit 9/11, Dianne Feinstein, Contributors, Arizona, California, Capitalism: A Love Story, New Mexico, New Jersey, Clean Money, Maine, Senator Barbara Boxer, iPhone App, Foreclosure, Congressman Henry Waxman, North Carolina, California Fair Elections, Participatory Democracy, S. 752, H.R. 1826, Campaign Finance, Congress, Democracy, Henry Waxman, Democrats, Sicko, Insurers, Corporations, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Corporate Greed, Medical Treatment, Iphone, Banks, Michael Moore, Republicans, Senate, Campaign Finance Reform, Healthcare, Fena, Hardball, Anderson Cooper, Msnbc, Chris Matthews, Cnn, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

Despite all we've learned from Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Roger and Me, we continue to take abuse. Our pal Mike is now asking us to act.

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Ryan Grim

House Vote On Insurance Industry Antitrust Exemption Coming

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Trust, John Conyers, Congress, Health Care Debate, Senate Judiciary Committee, Health Insurers, Insurance Companies, Obama Weekly Radio Address, Transparency, Politics News, Obama Health Insurance Reform, Health Insurance Companies, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

The battle against the health insurance industry is steadily intensifying. House Democrats have formally scheduled a vote to revoke the industry's che...

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Obama Weekly Radio Address: Insurers Are "Filling The Airwaves With Deceptive And Dishonest Ads"

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Anti-Trust, Congress, Obama Health Insurance Reform, Health Care Debate, Health Insurance Companies, Health Insurers, Health Care Reform, Insurance Companies, Health Care, Obama Weekly Radio Address, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

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Olympia Snowe and the Importance of Being Pivotal

Rick Horowitz | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives and Health Care, Congress, Senate Finance Committee, Snowe and Republicans, Olympia Snowe, Max Baucus, U.S. Senate and Health Care, Snowe and GOP, Olympia Snowe and Health Care, Health Care Bill, Olympia Snowe Health Care Vote, Snowe Public Option, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

Olympia Snowe's vote might not have been a tie-breaker, but it was a mood-shifter. And at least she's not the kind who gloats, flaunts her influence and does a victory dance when the bargaining is done.

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Obama To Critics: Don't Tell Me I'm Holding The Mop The Wrong Way

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dnc Fundraising Dinner, Pelosi Obama, Congress, California, DNC Fundraiser, Nancy Pelosi, Obama Mop, President Obama, Pelosi, Obama, San Francisco, Obama Cleaning Up Mess, Politics News

On Thursday night at a DNC fundraising dinner in San Francisco, President Obama took a new analogy in addressing his critics. "Another way of putting ...

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Halftime At The Healthcare Reform Superbowl

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: 60 Votes, Win One for the Gipper, White House, Kennedy, Chris Dodd, Democratic, Reform, Alan Grayson, Football Metaphor, Grayson, Halftime, Snowe, Pelosi, Edward Kennedy, Win One for the Skipper, Baucus, Nancy Pelosi, Budget Reconciliation, Health Care, Reid, Reconciliation, Conference Committee, House, Football, Cheerleader, Olympia Snowe, 50 Votes, Democrat, Congress, Democrats, Floor Vote, Teddy Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Steny Hoyer, Coach, Chris Weigant, Sailing, Health, Corporate Whore, Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Superbowl, Dodd, Hoyer, Pep Talk, Healthcare, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

A football locker room. Hundreds of Democrats are sitting on benches, to hear Coach's halftime pep talk in the Health Care Reform Superbowl. Some appear exhausted, some appear battered.

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Why Can't We Just Say "Obama, We're Proud of You?"

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rabin, Lincoln, Nobel, Joe the Nerd, Gop, Gandhi, Congress, Benigno Aquino, Mlk, Palme, Bhutto, Rfk, Obama, Jfk, Sweden, Politics News
Joe The Nerd Ferraro

The Nobel being awarded to Obama is the world saying loud and clear that the right wing zealots in the United States are out-of-line with everybody else on the planet.

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The Pentagon Kluge That Refuses to Die

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: F-22, Robert Gates, Earmarks, F-22 Raptor, Congress, Pork, Defense Spending, Defense Budget, Winslow T. Wheeler, Politics News
Winslow T. Wheeler

After a long fight, Gates and President Obama ultimately prevailed this summer in ending further F-22 production. Game over. Right? Anyone who thinks so doesn't appreciate the staying power of Congress' porkers.

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What Can Danish Hogs Teach Us About Antibiotics?

Laura Rogers | Posted 10.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Antibiotics, Pamta, Congress, Pork, Industrial Agriculture, Denmark, Health, Pew Charitable Trust, Laura Rogers, Health Care, Living News
Laura Rogers

Denmark's ban on the routine use of antibiotics on food animal farms is a success. The United States has an effective model to draw upon when it comes to protecting public health.

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Leaving the Streets for Tweets: The Shift of Young America

Zeeshan Aleem | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Senate, Congress, Obama, Health Care, Healthcare, Internet, Blogosphere, Twitter, Glenn Beck, Politics News
Zeeshan Aleem

Young progressives' public outrage has been supplanted by a clean virtual connectedness, and movement conservatives have succeeded in exploiting the space left behind.

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Insurers Royally Played Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Health Care Reform, Congress, Obama, Senate Finance Committee, Max Baucus, Insurers, Ahip, Home News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The insurers hustled, conned and lied to Obama. They cynically played upon his political naiveté about them. Worse, they didn't even try to mask their play of him.

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Max Baucus Has Only Himself To Blame

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I have little sympathy for Baucus at this point, when he complains that his adversaries have had time to put out a report attacking his bill. Because there is one reason that they've had all that time.

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Flu Season Shows the Need for Workplace Flexibility

David Gray | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Congress, Department of Health and Human Services, Work, Health, Economy, Swine Flu Pandemic, Pandemic, Work-Life Balance, Health Care, Telecommuting, Living News
David Gray

There are many people who are used to going to work when they are a bit under the weather. However, swine flu is changing that equation.

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Rousing Speech, Mr. President, But the Pressure Continues

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, National Equality March, Lgbt, Congress, Human Rights Campaign, Senate, Timeline, President Obama, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

The president, fresh from his Nobel Prize for Peace, didn't mention anything about a timeline for ending don't ask, don't tell, and as he has said on other occasions, nothing happens in Washington without a timeline.

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The Boehn of My Existence

Alfred Gingold | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Friends of John Boehner, Congress, Democrat Party, Survey Questionnaires, John Boehner, New York, Brooklyn, New York News
Alfred Gingold

I am a registered Democrat in New York. John Boehner is the extremely Republican House minority leader, represents Ohio, has a year-round tan and smokes. You see why I was surprised to hear from his people.

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Obama To Congress: Wrap Up Health Care

AP | WILL LESTER | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Politics, Health Care Bill Pass, Congress, Health Care Debate, Obama Weekly Address, Health Care Reform, Obama, Health Care, Obama Health Care, President-Obama-Weekly-Address, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sees both "unprecedented consensus" from outside Congress on his drive to remake the nation's health care sy...

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