On the Withdrawal of Rep. Weiner’s Single-Payer Amendment
11-6-2009 – 4:15 pm | Comments

n the eve of what could have been the first vote on single-payer legislation in our nation’s history, we have just learned that because of last minute developments, the vote and debate on Congressman Weiner’s …

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Video: Can’t Go Home
9-2-2009 – 6:47 pm | Comments
Video:  Can’t Go Home

What do you think of when you imagine an American living in exile, unable to return home? This is a profile of a couple living in Canada who can’t return to the US because …

How much security did $1 trillion buy?
8-26-2009 – 2:54 pm | Comments
How much security did $1 trillion buy?

From RethinkAfghanistan
The war in Afghanistan is increasing the likelihood that American civilians will be killed in a future terrorist attack. Part six of Rethink Afghanistan brings you three former high-ranking CIA agents on the record …

Barney Frank Confronts Woman At Townhall Comparing Obama To Hitler
8-21-2009 – 6:45 am | Comments
Barney Frank Confronts Woman At Townhall Comparing Obama To Hitler

At a Barney Frank town hall meeting in Dartmouth, MA, a constituent asks, “Why are you supporting this Nazi policy?”
Frank responds: “On what planet do you spend most of your time?” He then calls her …

Eric Holder and PR 101
8-9-2009 – 10:17 pm | Comments
Eric Holder and PR 101

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
It looks like Attorney General Eric Holder is on the verge of appointing a criminal prosecutor to investigate waterboarding, and other illegal acts that were part of the interrogation policies put in …

Video: Obama Blog Post – Weekly Address
8-9-2009 – 6:00 pm | Comments
Video:  Obama Blog Post – Weekly Address

The President calls health insurance reform critical to our nation’s long-term economic strength and dispells the outlandish rumors being promoted by those who are defending the status quo.

Progressive Democrats take a stand on health care
8-5-2009 – 1:48 pm | Comments
Progressive Democrats take a stand on health care

From the RNN: The Real News Network
Some members of Congress are going to fight for a robust public option and a single-payer amendment
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An amendment introduced by representative Anthony …

Consciousness Capitalism: Corporations Are Now After Our Very Beings
8-5-2009 – 1:08 pm | Comments
Consciousness Capitalism: Corporations Are Now After Our Very Beings

By Joe Bageant | AlterNet
Capitalism has raped the resources of the world. Now corporations are left to strip human experience from life, then rent it back to us.
A few years ago, compliments of the George …

Video: DC Healthcare NOT Warfare Events
7-31-2009 – 8:16 am | Comments
Video:  DC Healthcare NOT Warfare Events

Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. John Conyers, speak the truth to a huge crowd at Upper Senate Park, Washington, DC