Breaking Unhealthy Barriers: Community Health Centers and Working Families
It was the passage of the landmark Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the same year that Medicare and Medicaid were enacted, that marked the birth of America's Community Health Centers (also known as Federally Qualified Health Centers).
Afghanistan and the Lessons of Soviet Intervention
The Obama administration, as it seeks to withdraw from Iraq, finds itself in a far more difficult and complicated situation in Afghanistan. In February, the National Security Archive, a Washington-based institute that uncovers classified documents from the Cold War era, released a collection of fascinating documents from Soviet sources in the Gorbachev era.
Hotel Workers Fight Healthcare Cuts
CONCORD, CA - 25MARCH09 - Workers and supporters at the Holiday Inn in Concord, CA, demonstrate and march outside the hotel.
Zoos and Endangered Species
Most zoos are not only great places to get up close to wildlife, but many are also doing their part to bolster dwindling populations of animals still living free in the wild.
Planned Public Marine High School Draws Outrage in Dekalb
ATLANTA - The DeKalb County School Board is planning to open a military-style public high school in conjunction with the U.S. Marine Corps that would be the first of its kind in Georgia.
Space Race Raises Risk of Nuclear War
An unchecked race to militarize space is underway that is “increasing the risk of an accidental nuclear war while shortening the time for sanity and diplomacy to come into play to halt crises,” an authority on space warfare says.
German Academy of Arts Demands Freedom for Mumia
BERLIN – The call to free Mumia Abu-Jamal from the death cell resounded once again across the street from Berlin’s famous Brandenburg Gate. This time it was not chanted out on the square by a hardy bunch of fighters, muffled against the icy weather, some of them active for most of the 27 years of Mumia’s captivity.
New Study Highlights Cruelty of US Immigration Policy to Children
A newly released study by the law firm of Dorsey and Whitney, LLP for the Urban Institute should be required reading for anyone who thinks that reform of our immigration laws and procedures is something that can be put off indefinitely.
