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'Tax Timmy's Friends': Nurses Follow Obama to France Demanding He Tax Geithner's Wall Street Cronies

Josh Eidelson, AlterNet. November 2, 2011.

The nurses' union takes the movement for a financial transaction tax to the G-20 in Cannes.

Occupy Chicago Activists Face Second Mass Arrest; Rahm Emanuel Sends Nurses to Jail With Protesters

Joe Macaré, In These Times. October 23, 2011.

130 protesters arrested as part of Occupy Chicago, some for the second time, said they were denied phone calls and sleep as Chicago police escalate the fight.

Exclusive Video Report: Nurses Speak Out In Favor of Wall Street Transaction Tax to Heal America

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. August 31, 2011.

Thousands of nurses and their allies are converging today on Congressional offices--in this exclusive video report, they explain why.

Nurses Take on Wall St. and the Politicians Who Pander to Corporations

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. August 29, 2011.

On September 1, nurses will converge on congressional offices, calling on lawmakers to support a tax on financial transactions to raise revenues to "heal America."

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.

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.

Will the Citizens United Ruling Give Unions As Much Political Power As Corporations? Don't Bet On It.

John Nichols, TheNation.com. January 25, 2010.

"A union leader who supports the Citizens United ruling is like a steer who talks up a steak restaurant because they're both in the same business."

Haiti Desperately Needs Nurses. Here's How You Can Help

John Nichols, TheNation.com. January 19, 2010.

Haiti's health-care infrastructure has crumbled. Many health-care providers were killed in the earthquake. Local doctors are themselves injured and in shock.