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Daily Pulse: Obama to Outline Vision for Health Care Reform

Lindsay Beyerstein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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This is Obama's last chance to recapture the momentum that Democrats lost to corporate-backed town hall hooligans and misinformation during the August recess.

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Weekly Pulse: Healthcare Reform After Kennedy

The Media Consortium | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

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If the Democrats want healthcare reform, they are going to have to go it alone. Let's hope they pass a bill that would make Sen. Kennedy proud.

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The Planet Is Saved ... Pass It on

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

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World leaders negotiate an historic climate agreement. ... Temperature rise will be kept below 2 degrees, averting runaway global heating and chaotic ...

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North Korea Nuclear Test Raises the Stakes on Nuclear Abolition

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

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As the world comes to terms with the dangerous possibilities of a nuclear-armed North Korea and Iran, perhaps the obligations of the current nuclear power to work towards abolition will get the attention required for action.

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Single-Payer Health Care Advocates Deserve a Place at the Table

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

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The Obama plan can only be a centrist compromise once it allows single-payer advocates to come to the table.

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Six Years into the Iraq War: Can We Still Be a Superpower?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

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But if we are clear, now, about the failure of the neoconservative agenda of global dominance, the question remains: How should the U.S. relate to the rest of the world?

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Why Van Jones is Going to Washington

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green

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Even though we have a great president, we also need a great popular movement to support that president. We've got a lot of work to do out in these communities on the ground.

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After the Crash: How to be Happy Anyway

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 03.28.2009 | Living

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We can emerge from this crisis with the sort of wealth that really matters: strong communities and relationships, healthy ecosystems, and the skills to make a living and enjoy life.

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With You at the Inauguration, In Spirit

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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If you're in DC, I'm with you in spirit. If you are making things work in your own community, that's what I'm doing, too.

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10 Reasons to Be Hopeful About 2009 and 3 Reasons to be Terrified

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

We humans have the free will to make choices that assure our collective survival, or do otherwise. We have the creativity and intelligence to build on the best possibilities while averting the worst.

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For Obama: A Five-Point Foreign Policy Agenda

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 01.04.2009 | World

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We no longer can afford to be the world's biggest military spender, and although the world looks to us for leadership, it has rejected domination.

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What Americans Want: National Health Insurance

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 07.11.2008 | Living

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It doesn't have to be this way. A video of a woman dying in a Brooklyn hospital waiting room after nearly 24 hours waiting for treatment is just one m...

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Are Congressional Democrats Leading Us to War with Iran?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

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Until recently, the power struggle within the Bush administration over whether to attack Iran seemed to be going badly for the hawks. Their disastrous...

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Offshore drilling--No! Climate-friendly energy--Yes!

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 07.04.2008 | Green

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Proposals by presidential hopeful John McCain and Florida Governor Charlie Crist to drill for oil offshore is the wrong direction for the United State...

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