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April 4, 2010

Poets speak about progress in the recession

VIDEO - Progress in the Recession is an event coordinated by New York barber Denny Moe where men and women…
April 2, 2010

Mississippi Delta takes page from Iran's health care playbook

VIDEO - The Mississippi Delta is taking a page out of a health care program half a world away--in Iran...
March 25, 2010

Ex-NAACP chief Mfume to take health care position

ANNAPOLIS, MD (AP) - The National Medical Association announced Thursday morning that Mfume will become their new executive leader effective…
March 25, 2010

Health reform hysteria proves America isn’t ‘post-racial’

OPINION - Too many of the opponents of Obama's health care reform are being destructive to control the debate and…
March 24, 2010

Senate on health bill’s final chapter, maybe

VIDEO - The main suspense surrounding this week's debate is whether the fix-it bill can emerge from the Senate unchanged..
March 23, 2010

How Obama’s health overhaul will work

VIDEO - President Obama held his signing ceremony for his health care overhaul on Tuesday, but the major expansion of…
March 22, 2010

Blacks and Latinos not out of the woods yet on health care

OPINION - Millions of middle-class, and especially poor, minorities, still must watch and wait for coverage to begin...
March 22, 2010

How health care reform will impact you

OPINION - This is a great opportunity to look beyond the political posturing and demagoguery surrounding the bill, and examine…
March 21, 2010

Obama and Dems: ‘We’re well past 216’ votes for health reform

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama and House Democratic leaders struck a last-minute deal Sunday with abortion foes to secure the…
March 19, 2010

Dems down to the wire lobbying for reform votes

VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to…
March 19, 2010

Obama: ‘We are going to fix health care in America’

FAIRFAX, Virginia (AP) - President Obama delivered a closing argument for the goal to which he has devoted much of…
March 19, 2010

Obama skips Asia trip to push health care bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - A trip to Asia must wait as President Obama's sweeping $940 billion U.S. health care reform plan…
March 18, 2010

Presidential disrespect goes prime-time in Obama’s Fox interview

OPINION - Republicans should realize that when they disrespect the presidency, they are disrespecting themselves...
March 17, 2010

Congressional Black Caucus calls current jobs bill ‘inadequate’

VIDEO - Some lawmakers claim that the benefits of the $18 billion jobs bill are not being distributed to the…
March 17, 2010

Late-innings hardball in health care push

VIDEO - With time and tempers short, everyone's playing hardball in the drive to pass - or stop - Obama's…
March 16, 2010

House Dems defend ‘deem and pass’ health care plan

VIDEO - Democrats defended plans to push massive health care legislation through the House without a direct vote and Republicans…
March 16, 2010

Obama woos wavering Dems on health vote

VIDEO - Days away from a make-or-break vote on his fiercely contested health care overhaul, President Obama is turning up…
March 16, 2010

It’s ‘do or die’ week for health care reform – how did we get here?

OPINION - While it may feel like déjà vu all over again, democrats actually are closer than ever to passing…
March 15, 2010

Obama seeks to reassure seniors on health care

VIDEO - With a fresh sense of urgency, President Obama sought to reassure seniors Monday about health care legislation approaching…
March 15, 2010

A look at Democrats’ health care overhaul

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama and congressional Democrats are pulling together a final version of a health care overhaul bill and…