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Dying for Coverage

47 Million Americans now have no heath care coverage and twice as many people died in the US in 2006 from this lack of coverage than by homicide.  Find out your state’s numbers:Dying for Coverage

Posted 10 April 2008 † admin § health care § human rights ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Income Gap: CEOs vs. Workers | OurFuture.org

The average compensation of a CEO in 1980 was about 42 times that of the average worker in the company; in 2006, it was more than 364 times. Income Gap: CEOs vs. Workers | OurFuture.org

Posted 12 March 2008 † admin § Poverty & inequality ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

To Reduce Economic Inequality, Protect Workers’ Rights | OurFuture.org

To Reduce Economic Inequality, Protect Workers’ Rights | OurFuture.orgExtreme economic inequality sharpens perhaps the ultimate contradiction between capitalism and democracy. This can be seen in the corrosive influence of money in the nation’s politics, as corporations and the wealthy buy ever more influence with their increasing opulence. Meanwhile, political participation by the working class and [...]

Posted 12 March 2008 † admin § Poverty & inequality § human rights ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Happy 35th Birthday Roe v. Wade

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Happy 35th Birthday Roe v. Wade [VIDEO]
Today, we owe it to ourselves, and the generations of women and activists before us, to celebrate 35 years of women collectively fighting to uphold the legal right to abortion and for accessibility to quality healthcare in the name of self determination, autonomy, political and social [...]

Posted 23 January 2008 † admin § health care § human rights ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,