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March 12, 2010

Democrats look to resurrect ambitious college aid plan

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Democrats want a stalled overhaul of college aid programs to get strapped onto a fast-track health…
March 12, 2010

Pelosi promises swift passage of health care reform

WASHINGTON (AP) - At the White House, officials worked to maximize Obama's influence over lawmakers who control the fate of…
March 10, 2010

Obama enters home stretch on health care reform

VIDEO - President Obama is making his closing arguments for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan...
March 9, 2010

Obama supporters rally for health care reform votes

VIDEO - Protesters marched outside a Washington conference of the big insurance companies that are opposing reform on Tuesday...
March 4, 2010

Oscar winner Gossett, Jr. addresses prostate cancer stigma before Congress

VIDEO - As health care reform continues to dominate the agenda in Washington, a hearing today focused on prostate cancer...
March 4, 2010

Will Dems heed Obama’s eleventh hour call for health care reform?

OPINION - Obama has come closer than any president to passing comprehensive health care reform, yet he has much more…
March 3, 2010

Obama calls for final up-or-down vote on health care reform

WASHINGTON (AP) - "I don't see how another year of negotiations would help. Moreover, the insurance companies aren't starting over,"…
March 3, 2010

Top Dems looking to Obama for health care momentum

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic leaders hope President Obama's unveiling of his final health care package Wednesday will help resuscitate an…
February 26, 2010

Obama to announce way forward on health care next week

The White House will announce next week -- "probably closer to Wednesday" -- the president's preferred path forward for getting…
February 25, 2010

Obama, Republicans clash at heated health summit

WASHINGTON (AP) - With tempers flaring, President Obama and congressional Republicans clashed in an extraordinary live-on-TV summit...
February 24, 2010

Limbaugh’s ‘reparations’ crowing hits a new, racist low

Once in a while, the dog-whistle messages from the far-right are enough to make one's ears bleed...
February 22, 2010

Obama releases his own health care bill in final push for reform

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama made a last-ditch effort Monday to save his signature issue...
February 18, 2010

White House: Dems near accord on health care bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House and congressional leaders are preparing a detailed health care proposal designed to win passage…
February 17, 2010

Why racial disparities in health care persist

Race-related differences in health care cost the country $229 billion between 2003 and 2006, a result that Health and Human…
February 8, 2010

Obama to GOP: Let’s talk about health care – live

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama says it's time for Republicans who have attacked his health care proposals from the sidelines…
February 1, 2010

TheGrio's 100: Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, hoping to heal health care

TheGrio's 100 - Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey has medicine in her blood. The daughter of two physicians, Lavizzo-Mourey grew up in…
February 1, 2010

TheGrio's 100: Lisa Cooper, closing the racial gap in health care

TheGrio's 100 - Dr. Cooper made headlines when she found that race is a factor in health care...
January 30, 2010

The new Obama is the old Obama

OPINION - The president's oratorical performances this past week provided us with a refreshing glimpse of the new Barack Obama…
January 26, 2010

Obama should scrap health care reform in State of the Union

OPINION - It will take courage for President Obama to tell Congress to start anew with health care reform. Yet…
January 20, 2010

Why Obama can't 'do enough' for black America

OPINION - As we hit the one-year anniversary of President Obama's inauguration, a growing chorus of critics argue that his…