Monthly Archives: July 2009

First-world healthcare in other first-world countries; third-world healthcare in Virginia

First-world health care:  A Canadian responds to right-wing bashing of Canada’s single-payer, Medicare for All system.  (I heard a Canadian speaker say recently that Canadians travel in the US with some anxiety.  They know that if they have a medical emergency while traveling in the US, they might wind up with a bill of tens or hundreds of thousands of […]

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ACLU Drops CEP from Federal Lawsuit

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced Thursday that it is dropping Community Education Partners, Inc. (CEP) from its federal lawsuit after the Atlanta Independent School System (AISS) declined this week to renew a $7 million contract with the private company to run its school. Atlanta’s Forrest Hill Academy, pictured here Fall 2008. – Photo by Jonathan Springston, Senior Staff […]

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(IPS) Coal Power Hitting Roadblocks

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47920 ATLANTA, Jul 31 (IPS) – As more and more states are turning against coal power facilities in the U.S., advocates have been using the legal system to halt new pending plants. In Georgia, a major case is testing the implications of the 2007 ruling by the Supreme Court in Massachusetts […]

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Perdue wants Florida, Alabama back at water negotiations

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue announced Thursday he sent a letter to the governors of Alabama (Bob Riley) and Florida (Charlie Crist) to join him in resuming water negotiations. Perdue offered to hold a meeting in Atlanta or “another mutually agreed-upon location” and listed 40 possible meeting dates between August 12 and November 5. The letter leads with this: Water issues […]

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(IPS) Levee Uncertainty Weighs on Katrina’s Displaced

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47888 NEW ORLEANS, Jul. 30 (IPS) – Today, the population of New Orleans is still about 175,000 people fewer than it was before Hurricane Katrina hit four years ago next month. Along with concerns about jobs and housing costs, the city’s vulnerability to flooding has weighed heavily on the minds […]

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Healthcare “reform” or a huge, unsustainable bonanza for profiteering health insurance and drug companies?

So why are 46,000,000 people uninsured and millions more under-insured?  Because our healthcare nonsystem is run by profiteering, parasitic, blood-sucking insurance companies whose main goal is ALWAYS to maximize profit for their shareholders and Wall Street, not provide healthcare.  They maximize profits by DENYING health insurance to those who need it the most and DUMPING their own policyholders when their […]

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MARTA gets $685k for security improvements [UPDATE]

MARTA will receive $685,980 for security officers and equipment through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s (ARRA) Transit Security Grant Program. “Securing our mass transit systems requires well-trained personnel on the ground to protect against those who seek to cause harm,” Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said Wednesday. “This Recovery Act money will create critical law enforcement jobs that […]

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