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Newt Gingrich Pocketed Millions to Shill for Health Care Industry--But Didn't Register as a Lobbyist

Joan Walsh, Salon. November 20, 2011.

Another day, another story about Gingrich profiteering. Well, three stories, actually.

Occupy Wall St. Prepares for Crackdown -- Will Bloomberg Try to Tear It All Down?

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. October 13, 2011.

Free health care, a sanitation team, a public library, solar power, and free childcare are just a few of the services the Occupy Wall Street protesters are providing.

How Investing in Medicaid Will Create Jobs

Yvonne Yen Liu, ColorLines. September 25, 2011.

Cutting Medicare and Medicaid are the new favorite solution for Democrats and Republicans--but actually, investing in those programs would do more for jobs.

Is Your State Stealthily Privatizing Medicaid and Putting Patients at Risk?

Emily Manuel, AlterNet. August 31, 2011.

Louisiana's Bobby Jindal and other Republican governors are handing over taxpayer dollars to private companies to provide health care--and make profits.

5 Absurd Rick Perry Claims That Show His Tea-Party Infused Aversion to Reality

Robert Fantina, CounterPunch. August 30, 2011.

Perry prides himself on issues and Texas "successes" that actually expose his incompetence.

How Right-Wing Attacks on Reproductive Health Care Force Poor Women Into More Unwanted Pregnancies

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. August 25, 2011.

A new study finds that right-wing attacks on family planning services are landing squarely on poor women and their families.

Will Voters Boot Wisconsin Republicans? 7 Things to Know About Tuesday's Recall Elections

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. August 5, 2011.

This Tuesday, six Republican state senators who supported Scott Walker's radical agenda face recall. Here's what you need to know about the issues at play.

Payback Time: Wisconsin Progressives & Labor Ready For Recall Elections

Roger Bybee, In These Times. August 2, 2011.

Polls are favorable as progressives head into the recall elections of eight Wisconsin State Senate Republicans who supported Scott Walker's union-busting.

If You Had A Stroke Tomorrow, Where Would You End Up? Why We Need Medicare For All.

Donna Smith, AlterNet. July 7, 2011.

So long as we start out by viewing patients as profits, all other issues will flow from that point.

One Small Town in America Quietly Enjoys the Health Care Most Americans Only Dream of

Kay Tillow, Other Words. June 28, 2011.

When Congress passes a national single-payer bill, we can all be enrolled in the twinkling of an eye -- just like Libby, Montana.

Thousands of Visionary Nurses Confront Wall Street and Advocate for their Patients in Rollicking Wall Street Rally

Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet. June 22, 2011.

National Nurses United has a message for Wall Street: bankers need to pay up for the ailments they've caused.

Seven Ways Scott Walker and the GOP Are Still Trying to Screw Wisconsin's Poor, Working Class, and Just About Everybody Else

Meredith Clark, AlterNet. June 15, 2011.

Wisconsin erupted in protest in February over an attempt to ban collective bargaining, but Gov. Scott Walker didn't stop there in his war on the people of his state.

Why Is Norway the Best Place to Be a Mother and the U.S. the Worst? Abortion Access

Carole Joffe, RH Reality Check. June 8, 2011.

Norway, where abortion is freely available, subsidized by the government, and apparently not stigmatized, was recently named "the world's best place to be a mother."

Siding With the Billionaires: How the Right Is Waging a Class War Against All But the Wealthiest Americans

Robert Parry, Consortium News. May 31, 2011.

America's Right -- from the NFL lockout to Rep. Paul Ryan's budget to climate change -- side with the billionaires in what amounts to an escalating class war.

Vision: 5 Economic Ills That Demand We Go Beyond What We Think Is Possible

Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post. February 28, 2011.

The real solutions to our problems lie beyond what is currently deemed thinkable in mainstream politics.

The GOP's 5 Most Absurd Lies About Health-Care Reform, Debunked

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. January 20, 2011.

Now is the time to brush up on the facts about health-care reform so we can keep the latest crop of Republican lies from taking hold.

Republicans' Crazy Plan to Roll Back Advances on Health Care Would Also Wreck the Economy

ThinkProgressJanuary 18, 2011.

Repealing Obama's signature health care legislation would undermine these same lawmakers' stated goals of fostering job growth and slashing the deficit.

Medical Credit Cards -- Future $150 Billion Industry Preys on Need for Easy Money

Joan Retsinas, Progressive Populist. December 28, 2010.

Do you want to have perfect teeth? Just sign on the dotted line. The terms sound generous: no down payment, 60 months of easy payments. But the interest will bite.

Vision: The 10 Most Hopeful Stories of 2010

Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine. December 27, 2010.

Here are 10 events from 2010 that contain the seeds of transformation.

The 10 Funniest, Strangest Stories of the Year

Will Durst, AlterNet. December 12, 2010.

Here are the stories from 2010 that most lent themselves to joshing and kidding and ribbing.

Fox News Editor Forced Journalists to Use "Government Option" Instead of "Public Option" in Health Care Debate

Ben DiMiero, Media Matters for America. December 9, 2010.

At the height of the health care reform debate last fall, Fox News' managing editor, sent a memo directing his network's journalists not to use the phrase "public option."

8 Nasty Conservative Lies About the Democrats and Obama That Must Be Debunked Before the Election

Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future. October 25, 2010.

The public has been misled on a ton of issues like tax cuts, the deficit, the economy, and the cost of health care.

Health Care Reform Benefits: Truth vs. Pure Politics

Rep. Jim McDermott, AlterNet. September 23, 2010.

Fear and election hysteria should not overshadow the reality of reform.

The GOP Fights to Make African-Americans Sicker and Poorer

Marvin King, The Loop 21. August 7, 2010.

Republican-driven lawsuits against health care reform will particularly hurt blacks.

Robust Public Option Health Care Bill with 121 Co-Sponsors Introduced in Congress

Sahil Kapur, Raw Story. July 23, 2010.

Bill offers consumers a choice between pricey private health plans and a "robust" public plan in the health insurance exchanges set up by the law.

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