Court to sell recordings of health care arguments
Boston Globe Tue, 31 May 2011 13:10 PM PDT
A federal appeals court in Atlanta says it will allow high-profile arguments over the Obama administration's health care overhaul law to be recorded so they can be sold to the public. |
Healthier food options coming to six New Hanover elementary schools
WWAY 3 Wilmington Tue, 31 May 2011 13:09 PM PDT
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- Healthier foods are coming to six New Hanover elementary schools this fall. They have been selected to participate in the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. It's part of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign, which grants each school $51 per child for fruits and veggies for the school year. Alderman, Mary C. Williams, Rachel Freeman, Snipes Academy ... |
Medicare for all? Q&A with Ohio’s leading single-payer physician advocate
MedCity News Tue, 31 May 2011 13:06 PM PDT
Close observers of the U.S. health reform debate in recent years know that the proceedings have illustrated why Barack Obama can hardly be called a liberal or a progressive. That’s because the president showed no willingness to advocate for most liberals’ top choice for reorganizing the U.S. health system â€" a Medicare-for-all, single-payer plan in which [...] |
A Letter to President Obama
New York Review of Books Tue, 31 May 2011 13:05 PM PDT
Lee H. Hamilton and thirteen others J. Scott Applewhite/AP Images President Obama at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention, Washington, D.C., May 22, 2011 Our letter to President Obama of January 24 was submitted to him just before the remarkable democratic revolutions began to sweep much of the Arab Middle East. We welcome the President’s declaration in his speech of ... |
Dean Baker: The Beatification of Senator Simpson
The Huffington Post Tue, 31 May 2011 12:58 PM PDT
Former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson has been a holy terror ever since he was appointed by President Obama to co-chair his deficit commission last year.... |
Obama taps energy executive Bryson as Commerce chief
Business Recorder Tue, 31 May 2011 12:58 PM PDT
WASHINGTON : President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he will nominate former Edison International chief executive John Bryson to be Commerce secretary, filling a top trade job with an energy expert and seasoned businessman. |
Obama will be tough to beat in 2012 vote
The Wenatchee World Tue, 31 May 2011 12:55 PM PDT
WASHINGTON â€" Six months after Republicans alarmed Democrats with a midterm election wave, President Barack Obama has shaken off the jitters and found his political footing despite sluggish economic growth and deep public anxiety about the direction of the country. The White House now displays an air of confidence, bolstered in part by achievements such as the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S ... |
Obama to lower premiums for high-risk insurance plans
Boulder Weekly Tue, 31 May 2011 12:54 PM PDT
WASHINGTON â€" Trying to spur enrollment in a key new benefit of the 2010 health law, the Obama administration said Tuesday that it's slashing premiums for new high-risk insurance plans and no longer requiring applicants to submit a rejection letter from private insurers. |
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