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From the NYT: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday proposed extending health care coverage to all of California’s 36 million residents as part of a sweeping package of changes to the state’s huge, troubled health care system. A total of 6.5 million people, one-fifth of the state’s population, do not have health insurance, far more than in [...]
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On Jan. 11, 2002, the first prisoners enemy combatants started arriving at Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They have been plunged into what human rights activists call a legal black hole. There is still no end in sight. Some excerpts from the BBC story: In all some 775 prisoners have been at the camp since [...]
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Drop in to the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace and check out the exhibit of the day he met Elvis (whose 72nd birthday was on Monday!). Some excerpts from the AP story on CTV.ca: The meeting between two of the most improbable cultural icons of the 1970s lasted all of 30 minutes, but it has [...]
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From the Salon blurb: The Christian right is a “deeply anti-democratic movement” that gains force by exploiting Americans' fears, argues Chris Hedges. Salon talks with the former New York Times reporter about his fearless new book, “American Fascists.” He was interviewed by Michelle Goldberg, author of Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism: An excerpt: [...]
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