The year in headlines: High hopes at start, roadblocks at end
WASHINGTON (PAI) — It was a year that started with such high hopes for workers and their unions — and ended in roadblocks and looming disappointment.
Aid urgently needed to stem Cook County health care crisis
Stroger Hospital, is the largest public hospital in Cook County and one of the largest in the country. If there is a place where the nation's horrific health care crisis can be seen this is it.
Health Care for America Now campaigns to finish reform right
Health Care for America Now has launched an intensive campaign calling for public option and other measures in the final bill.
No Happy New Year for California’s budget
After coping with over $60 billion in budget shortfalls this year, Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to propose draconian new budget cuts.
Senate health care vote lays the groundwork
Health care reformers applauded the Senate's vote for a health care reform bill, calling it "groundwork" for expanding and improving the health care system in the weeks and months ahead.
Bronx community takes on the real estate industry
Who said you can't beat City Hall? In a predominantly Hispanic working-class New York neighborhood, people organized against powerful business interests allied with City Hall, and they won.
Health care activists vow to continue struggle
A Philadelphia rally makes the point that the Senate's health care bill is not the end of the struggle.
Trucks spew deadly pollution at nation’s ports, new reports show
Emissions from thousands of trucks filling our ports cause hypertension, asthma, heart disease, lung cancer and a host of other respiratory illnesses among drivers and surrounding communities.
Health care inspires 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' remix
On the Senate floor Dec. 22, Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., delivered a health care inspired version of the classic Christmas poem, "Twas the Night Before Christmas."
Immigrant rights groups call for new reform campaign
"Tough fight begins" - Immigrant rights organizations around the San Francisco Bay Area welcomed introduction of reform legislation by Illinois Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez.
