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Wednesday, September 17,2008
Think You Know John McCain?
His health care plan would penalize women
Presidential candidate John McCain’s health care reform plan would have a devastating impact on women, according to a new analysis. “Tens of millions of women would be at risk of losing their current insurance coverage even though they use health care services more frequently than men, suffer chronic illness...
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Wednesday, September 17,2008
Paid Sick Days Will Save Money
Employers will save $15 million, workers will save $1 million a
Want to save $15 million? That’s how much Milwaukee employers will save each year if Milwaukee voters support a paid sick days ordinance.
How about saving $1 million? That’s how much workers will save in health care costs each year if they can use paid sick days when they or a family member are ill.
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Wednesday, September 17,2008
Two Bridges to Nowhere
Palin’s scam is business as usual
Is Sarah Palin the implacable pit bull of government reform, lipstick and all? The latest Republican campaign commercial pictures her in heroic terms at the side of John McCain as one of the “original mavericks,” declaring that she “stopped the Bridge to Nowhere.” The fate of that canceled span—
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Friday, September 12,2008
The Bush Administration Knows Full Well That There Is No Nuclear
A Shepherd Q&A with weapons inspector Scott Ritter
Before the United States’ invasion of Iraq in 2003, former United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter claimed that the vast majority of Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction had been destroyed or accounted for. Yet the Bush administration invaded anyway—and found no WMDs.
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Friday, September 12,2008
North Side Neighbors Oppose New Chicken Restaurant
Community gardeners want more healthy options
Who knew that a proposed Church’s Chicken on busy North Avenue could be so controversial? The site of the fast-food outlet, located on the corner of 17th Street and North Avenue, has been home to a series of fast-food businesses since the early 1980s.
Site owner Amjad Tufail wants to lease the currently...
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Wednesday, September 10,2008
Help Provide Health Care in Nicaragua
Grafton nurse Meg Boren sacrificed all the comforts of home in 2002 to build a health care clinic in a remote area of Nicaragua. With the help of donors and a steady stream of volunteers from Wisconsin, the clinic has offered health care to villagers who once had been too poor or too isolated to receive reliable, modern medical care.
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Wednesday, September 10,2008
EarthTalk
From the Editors of E/THE ENVIRONMENTAL MAGAZINE
Dear EarthTalk: How does congestion toll pricing, used in some cities around the world, cut down on vehicle traffic and promote green-friendly public transit? —Bill Higley
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Wednesday, September 10,2008
Why Bristol’s Baby Matters
The failure of Republican-backed abstinence-only sex ed
Families deserve privacy about family matters, but families that want absolute privacy should stay out of politics. Sooner or later someone would have noticed the pregnancy of Bristol Palin, 17 year-old daughter of John McCain’s vice presidential pick, especially since every one in her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, already seemed to know.
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Wednesday, September 3,2008
Questions for Hillary’s Zealots
Don’t tarnish Clinton’s legacy
As the Democrats convene in Denver to celebrate Hillary Clinton and nominate Barack Obama, a tiny minority of her supporters continues to behave petulantly. They whine, they bluster, they agitate. But what is it about Sen. Clinton’s repeated endorsements of her former opponent that they cannot understand?
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Wednesday, September 3,2008
Dylan’s Run Will Raise Autism Awareness
The eighth annual Dylan’s Run, which takes place Sunday, Sept. 7, will help raise funds for families who are affected by autism and researchers who are delving into it. The 2-mile walk/run to Indian Summer Festival, organized by the Autism Society of Southeastern Wisconsin (ASSEW), will support workshops for local families with an autistic member.
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