Fulton County Approves $15 Million for Grady, With Strings Attached
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved $15 million for the Grady Health System on Wednesday, September 05, 2007, but it did not happen easily, or without strings attached.
Democrats Reject Bush's Flip-flop on Iraq War Standards
Democrats are crying foul over the Bush administration's shifting standards for progress in the Iraq war. While the Bush administration, since the summer of 2006, had pushed for a set of 'benchmarks' to measure success in Iraq, the White House now seems prepared to ignore independent analysis of those benchmarks.
Canada: War Resisters' Campaign Needs Help
Since George Bush's announcement that troop numbers in Iraq would increase, the trickle of American war resisters seeking sanctuary in Canada has become a steady stream.
Atlanta Activists Hold Public Forum on Grady Hospital
The New Grady Coalition hosted “The People’s Forum” on Tuesday, September 04, 2007, to rally concerned citizens and Grady Health System employees against plans to privatize the system and to raise awareness of the need for additional funding.
Canada: Fifty-two Important Reasons to Drive Out Harper's Tories
As the Harper Conservatives shuffle the deck and polish their image in preparation for a federal election (or perhaps hoping to stave off a trip to the polls), People's Voice wants to remind Canadians why it's so crucial to drive the Tories out of office.
Larry Craig and Sex Scandals
Having once wrote a short article on sex scandals in U.S. political history during the very low farce of the Clinton impeachment in the late 1990s (my most important point was that all of the prominent figures in presidential politics who were targets of such attacks from Thomas Jefferson to William Jefferson Clinton ended up winning elections).
What Does Coca Cola's Dasani Bottled Water Have in Common with Death by Lethal Injection?
The third largest ingredient in Dasani is potassium chloride. If you are to be put death, first you get a barbiturate, then a paralytic agent, and then the chemical to stop your heart (what a coincidence!) you guessed it: potassium chloride!
US Government Training Clergy to Quell Dissent in Martial Law
A news report from CBS affiliate, KSLA-TV, of Shreveport, Louisiana, has confirmed the federal government is training so-called Clergy Response Teams (CRT’s) to quell dissent should martial law ever be declared in the US.
US Arabs and Muslims: The Search for Common Identity
As the security check line began moving slowly at Washington Dulles airport, one passenger standing a few steps ahead of me appeared particularly uneasy. His dark skin, long beard, trimmed moustache, prayer spot centered on his forehead, and overall demeanor quickly gave away his identity, though he had obviously labored little to hide it.
Citizens Fight Privatization of Atlanta's Grady Hospital
The under-funding crisis facing Grady Hospital has led some politicians in Atlanta to call for privatization of this public hospital which provides indigent care.