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November 30, 2006

Cover Story

Single-Payer Healthcare – Part 1

By Marilyn Clement

After the election, November 2006 The voters have spoken. They want healthcare now. They expect Congress to move quickly to fix the healthcare system in the United States. And they want something like a single-payer system, a plan where everybody gets the healthcare they need and where all of us pay into it on a…

After the election, November 2006 The voters have spoken. They want healthcare now. They expect Congress to move quickly to fix the healthcare system in the…

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Commentary

Left Margin: Will Cheney Come Clean?

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

There’s one important thing the new Congress could do that would be really worthwhile, and that would be to revisit the question of the mysterious energy task force, or National Energy Policy Development Group, assembled by Vice-President Dick Cheney back in early 2001. They could do so not just because it would open a can…

There’s one important thing the new Congress could do that would be really worthwhile, and that would be to revisit the question of the mysterious energy…

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Commentary

Is the Iraq War Winnable?

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

To win any thing means that there’s some identifiable and achievable goal. For the war in Iraq, the US has neither. The Bush administration’s moving goals for the war have hit a brick wall. First the goal was to get weapons of mass destruction. When no such was found, then it was to stop the…

To win any thing means that there’s some identifiable and achievable goal. For the war in Iraq, the US has neither. The Bush administration’s moving goals…

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Commentary

Petition to respect the democratic electoral process in Venezuela

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of democracy are not a President, Senate or government officials but the voters of this country.” – President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Dear President Bush, If you value democracy, respect the voters of Venezuela. Since 1999, the citizens…

"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of democracy are not a President, Senate or…

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Commentary

Turn the Tide – Martin Luther King Memorial Groundbreaking

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

Although Monday, November 13 was a dreary, gray day, there were smiles and excitement as people lined up to enter the groundbreaking for the Martin Luther King memorial on the Washington Mall. Though the Secret Service cleared folks at a snail’s pace, spirits and energy was high as people smiled and told each other what…

Although Monday, November 13 was a dreary, gray day, there were smiles and excitement as people lined up to enter the groundbreaking for the Martin Luther…

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Commentary

Think Piece: Be All That You Can Be – Leave the Army

By David Swanson Guest Commentator

As long as there has been a U.S. military, people have been leaving it. That choice has never been more appropriate than today. Individuals who signed up to defend the United States are engaged in a war that was sold on the basis of lies, was entirely unnecessary, is making us less safe, has nothing…

As long as there has been a U.S. military, people have been leaving it. That choice has never been more appropriate than today. Individuals who signed…

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Guest Commentary

Impeachment Proceedings

By Cindy Sheehan Guest Commentator

There are many important issues facing our nation and the 110th Congress. Minimum wage increases and universal health care are long past due.I certainly appreciate the stirrings about bringing our troops home from Iraq within 3 or 4 months, too! After all, (sic) more troops were killed yesterday while our politicoes are playing footsies with…

There are many important issues facing our nation and the 110th Congress. Minimum wage increases and universal health care are long past due.I certainly appreciate the…

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Commentary

National Affairs: Pretending November 7th Never Happened

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

I am not the first to say that, since daybreak of November 8th, much of Washington, D.C. and its satellite media have been engaged in an effort to insure that in reality nothing changes in regard to Iraq, in an effort to pretend, that is, that November 7th never happened. There are legislators and pundits,…

I am not the first to say that, since daybreak of November 8th, much of Washington, D.C. and its satellite media have been engaged in an…

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