Companies cashing in on flu epidemic
CHICAGO - Along with providing flu vaccines to the public, the government may have to step in to ensure companies are not using the swine flu epidemic to rip off those who come down with the flu.It was...
View ArticleWall Street vote delayed as Black Caucus demands help for poor
In a dramatic display of growing grass roots pressure, members of the Congressional Black Caucus led by Congresswoman Maxine Waters persuaded House Finance Services Committee chairman, Rep. Barney...
View Article10 years after the ‘Battle in Seattle’
SEATTLE (PAI)—Ten years ago on Nov. 30, 1999, 50,000 people protested a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle. The protests succeeded in delaying the summit's opening day, and...
View ArticleCT NAACP calls on Lieberman to support health bill
HARTFORD - A Connecticut delegation of civil rights groups met with Senator Joseph Lieberman's staff yesterday to urge the Senator to support comprehensive health care reform and to discuss his...
View ArticleFt. Hood victim remembered with drums and dance
CHICAGO— About 100 young people, friends and family gathered Nov. 13 to celebrate with bomba drums, dance and songs, the life of Private Francheska "Cheka" Velez one of the 13 victims of the Ft. Hood...
View ArticleHouse hearing debates Cuba travel
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs held a hearing last week on legislation - HR 874, the Freedom to Travel bill - that would drop restrictions on the right of American citizens to travel to Cuba....
View ArticleStudents occupy university building to protest fee hikes
BERKELEY - Students occupied Wheeler Hall on the University of California campus in Berkeley, protesting a decision by university regents to raise fees (the equivalent of tuition) by 32%, bringing them...
View ArticleStates reap benefits with health reform
Sens. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., and Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., took center stage in the health care debate this past week. Both have threatened to join a Republican filibuster against the Senate health...
View ArticleNew mammogram guidelines: What’s a woman to do?
For the past 25 years many women have been wedded to the idea of having a mammogram and a manual breast examination by their doctor every year starting at age 40, and doing monthly self-examinations....
View ArticleNFL charts new course on concussion policy
The NFL and its players union recently announced the approval of independent neurologists to evaluate head injuries and treating players due to concussions.The move comes weeks after lawmakers on the...
View ArticleFederal aid urgently needed to avoid state budget catastrophes
CHICAGO—Looming behind the 17 million jobless tsunami hitting the country is another disaster: over $180 billion in accumulated budget deficits set to devastate state governments, according to a new...
View ArticleFrancisco “Paco” Rodriguez, Chicago boxer dies after brutal fight
CHICAGO - The boxing community here is mourning the death of Francisco "Paco" Rodriguez, 25, who died over the weekend due to repeated blows to the head after a brutal boxing match in...
View ArticleClergy deliver prayers to Sen. Joe Lieberman
HARTFORD, Conn. - An interfaith group of clergy and supporters rallied at Sen. Joe Lieberman's Hartford office Tuesday to present hundreds of personal prayers in support of health care reform with a...
View ArticleIn economic crisis, ordinary people create solutions
McKINLEYVILLE, Calif. - It's widely understood that we are all living in a serious economic depression, and at last people are coming together to battle this monster. In this economic battlefield,...
View ArticleCapitalists caught misusing immigration law
DALLAS — A giant construction project for a bridge across the Trinity River is costing a fortune, helping no one and may not go anywhere.On Nov. 5, the WFAA-TV News Department revealed that the general...
View ArticleMinnesota experience may offer solution for ‘jobless recovery’
MINNEAPOLIS (PAI) - When Democratic President Barack Obama convenes a White House forum Dec. 3 to consider ways to create jobs, he should ponder a program that worked successfully for Minnesota in the...
View ArticleThree union leaders to be honored at ‘Keep the Ball Rolling’ event
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Three Connecticut labor leaders, Art Perry, Anna Montalvo and Gwen Mills, will be honored on Sunday, Dec. 6, with the annual Amistad Award presented by the People's World, on the...
View ArticleFor Black males it’s a depression
While the country struggles with double-digit unemployment Black males face jobless rates that are twice as bad.One in five Black men over 20 are without a job, according to figures released by the...
View ArticleSenate begins health reform debate, women plan protest
The U.S. Senate opened floor debate on health care reform legislation Nov. 30 with Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., reminding his colleagues that generations of the American people have called on...
View ArticleObama administration pressures banks on housing crisis
The Obama administration announced today stepped up measures to persuade big banks to help strapped mortgage holders. Currently over 14 percent of all mortgages are at risk - the highest percentage...
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