Social Problems

Comparison Of Democratic Health Care Bills

A Comparison Of Senate, House Democratic Health Care Bills (AP) A comparison of the health care bills before Congress: The Senate Democratic bill (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act): WHO'S COVERED: About 94 percent of...

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Does U.S. Need 2nd Stimulus for More Jobs?

With the Economy Still in Rough Shape, Calls Mount for Extra Infusions of Federal Money The economic stimulus package approved in February is the biggest recession-fighting effort in U.S. history, but the question after nine...

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Amazing story playing in L.A., and here

Steve Lopez was in town the other day. Many of you have heard his tale. But bear with me while I recount some of it for those who haven't. It is just too moving, and speaks too well to what we face in Charlotte, not to share...

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County could face another budget crisis in early 2010

Milwaukee County's precariously balanced $1.4 billion 2010 budget could fall apart within a few months, forcing hundreds of additional layoffs, program cuts or both. The budget counts on more than $20 million in employee...

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The Second Financial Shock Could be Worse Than The First

I've been remarking lately that we haven't yet had the second market correction. People forget that after the stock market crash of 1929 the market seemed well on its way to a recovery before crashing a second time in 1932. It...

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Shelters out of space to offer safe place

He was "the nicest guy in the world," except that when she lost her disability claim and money got tight, the beatings got worse: He pulled her up by her neck, pointed a gun at her, tried to break her hand and told her he would...

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The Great Stimulus Debate of ‘09

"Crybabies need not apply" Barack Obama has decided to push the economy back into recession, and no one can figure out why. Perhaps the impressionable Obama has come under the spell of the deficit hawks and crystal gazers who...

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"Of course there will be more Sodinis—there will be many more"

Point : At the end of October, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, members of the men's movement group RADAR (Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting [2]) gathered on the steps of Congress to lobby against what...

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My Views on Psychiatry and “Mental Illness” — John Breeding, PhD

Printed with permission from John Breeding. See his website here. My purpose in this short essay is twofold. The first is to describe my understanding of the nature of psychological distress and emotional healing. The second is...

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Unemployment in Fayette County usually among worst in region

By Ann Belser, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Randy S. DeBerry, of Grindstone, Pa., gets information on the GI Bill from Al Burlikowski, from the Pennsylvania Department of Education at the Fayette County Veterans Job Fair. Now 46...

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