Religious leaders launch push for health care reform
An interfaith coalition — Muslims, Christians and Jews — unveiled a “40 Days for Health Reform” campaign Aug. 10. It will mobilize people of all faiths to press Congress to enact health care reform that protects “all God’s children.”
Companies pull ads from Glenn Beck show
According to the activist group colorofchange.org more than 50,000 of its members led a successful campaign last week to pressure several companies to pull their advertisements off the air during the Glenn Beck show on Fox News Channel.
Real grassroots organizes for health care reform
With polls showing the overwhelming majority of Americans want health care reform that covers everyone and lowers costs, progressive organizations are mobilizing to activate that real grassroots majority.
Sea Stories and Other Dirty Lies, Movie Review: In the Loop
I am grateful to the British facility with language for not having any tattoos anywhere on my skin, and for one of the best movies of recent times.
NC Racial Justice Act passes, awaits governor's signature
The North Carolina Racial Justice Act passed in the state Senate this week and now heads to Gov. Bev Perdue for her signature.
Legislative leader to sue Calif. governor over cuts
California Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, announced Aug. 7 that he will sue Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger over nearly $500 million in line-item cuts the governor made last week in signing a budget revision bill that had already made huge cuts mostly to human needs programs.
Economy on verge of new foreclosure crisis
Signaling continued economic distress, Deutsche Bank estimated today that over 50 percent of mortgage holders may owe more than their homes are worth. Already 25 percent of mortgages are now “underwater.” “The percentage of “underwater” loans may rise to 48 percent, or 25 million homes, as prices drop through the first quarter of 2011,” Bloomberg News reported.
Hiroshima mayor calls for no nukes
Hiroshima's mayor has urged global leaders to back President Barack Obama's call to abolish nuclear weapons as Japan marked the 64th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing.
AFL-CIO blasts 'corporate mobs' at recess town hall meetings
The AFL-CIO has called on its union affiliates to defend lawmakers’ health care reform town hall meetings from “Corporate…mob rule” in recent days.
Budd Schulberg, screenwriter who named names, could have been a contender
Hollywood screenwriter Budd Schulberg passed away Wednesday at the age of 95, and the press is filled with obituaries noting his work and commenting on his most famous off-screen moment — as a 'friendly witness' before the House Un-American Activities Committee 'naming names' in the early 1950s.
