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Southern Revival
by Sarah van Gelderposted Sep 01, 2006 - The Southeast Social Forum prepares for a larger gathering of dedicated activists from all over U.S.
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Programming Our Vocabulary
by Frances Moore Lappéposted Aug 25, 2006 - The right continues to define the terms of debate. It is time for progressives to establish terms of their own.
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Principles of Real Solutions
by Sarah van Gelderposted Aug 22, 2006
- What is required for America to join most of the industrialized world in universal access to health care?
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Health Care Options at a Glance
by Sarah van Gelder, Doug Pibelposted Aug 22, 2006
- The various health care options used around the world are detailed based on costs, coverage, who pays and other factors.
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Getting Clean in Maine
by Nancy Watzmanposted Aug 21, 2006
- Clean Elections -- in other words public funding of elections -- helped make the passage of the Dirigo health care law possible in Maine.
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Where FEMA feared to Tread
by Tim Shorrockposted Aug 09, 2006 - When Katrina hit New Orleans, medics on bicycles toured the city bringing relief where other agencies failed to show.
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Recipe for a Cooked Election
by Greg Palastposted Aug 09, 2006 - In the 2004 election, more than 3 million ballots were never counted. Palast explains where they went, but also provides an example of hopeful voting reform in New Mexico.
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A Growing Movement
by Rev. Linda H. Wallingposted Aug 08, 2006 - As Americans pay more for less health care, a movement toward universal health care is gaining steam.
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If You Ask Maine
by Tish Tanskiposted Aug 07, 2006
- Maine residents tell state what they want, government moves to give greater access to health care.
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Health Care: It's What Ails Us
by Doug Pibel, Sarah van Gelderposted Jul 19, 2006
- Americans spend the most, get the least, and have no health care security. The solution is not that difficult.
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We are Farmers Not Gardeners
by Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguezposted Jul 06, 2006 - South Central Los Angeles farmers evicted after years of harvests from a community farm maintain their protest weeks after its last occupants have been removed by sheriff deputies.
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A Tree Sitting -- In South Central LA?
by Van Jonesposted May 30, 2006 - Protesters climb trees in South Central Los Angeles in an attempt to block the construction of a warehouse at the site of an urban farm that serves hundreds of area residents.
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Time to Get Smart About Energy
by Fran Kortenposted May 30, 2006 - The debate regarding global warming and peak oil is moving into a different direction, from "is it happening" to "what do we do now?"
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The Great Turning as Compass and Lens
by Joanna Macyposted May 10, 2006 - The Great Turning invites us to lift our eyes from the cramped closet of short-term thinking and see the larger historical landscape.
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New Orleans to Ottawa: After the Storm, the Brainstorming Begins
by Francesca Lymanposted May 10, 2006 - Creative and effective responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita came not from where most had expected—the U.S. government—but from the grassroots.
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