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Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Can’t Get Online to Obtain Obamacare? Go The Paper Route

• November 7, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Affordable Care Act, African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Health Care/The Public Option, History, Medicaid/Medicare, Obama Administration, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: ACA, Badger Care, Bobby Jindal, California, Canada, CGI Federal, Cheryl Campbell, Development Seed, Health Insurance Marketplace, Humana, Kathleen Sebelius, Kentucky, Obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Scott Walker, Super Chief, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Unity, Wisconsin Job Center

Vietnamese Fishermen, Shrimpers, Locked Out of Gulf Clean Up Efforts; Others Are Getting Sick

• May 26, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in American History, American Politics, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Education, Environmental Crimes, Health, New Orleans, Obama Administration, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The View, Women
Tags: 911, Bobby Jindal, BP, British Petroleum, Bush II, Cajuns, Clean Up, Cleaning Up, Creoles, Dick Cheney, Eastern Europeans, Exxon Valdez, Father Vien The Nguyen, First Generation Immigrants, Fishermen, George W. Bush, Governor Bobby Jindal, Halliburton, Jindal, Louisiana, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, Mobile Baykeeper, New Orleans East, người Kinh, người Việt, Oil Spill, OilSpillVolunteers, Oxygen, Per Diem, Plaquemines Parish, Poisoning, President George W. Bush, Republicans, Save Our Seabirds, Shamrock Environmental Corporation, Shrimpers, The Deez, The Federal Government, The Gulf Coast, The International Bird Rescue and Research Center, The National Audubon Society, The National Wildlife Federation, The Twin Towers, The View, Vice President Cheney, Vice President Dick Cheney, Vietnamese, Vietnamese Community, Whoopi Goldberg

The Katrina Pain Index

• August 24, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Education, Gentrification, Health, History, Hurricanes, Joblessness, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Economy, The Stimulus Bill
Tags: "Katrina Pain Index 2009", After Katrina, Bill Quigley, Bobby Jindal, Counterpunch, Davida Finger, FEMA, FEMA Trailers, GNOCDC, Governor Bobby Jindal, Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, Homeowners, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Survivors, ICF International, Louisiana, New Orleans, Renters, The Brookings Institution, The Road Home, The Stimulus Plan

GOP Holding Up HHS Secretary-Designate Sibelius’ Confirmation During Flu Crisis

• April 28, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in American Politics, Health, Obama Administration
Tags: Abortion, AIDS, Al Franken, Alaska, Bird Flu, Bobby Jindal, Fear, GOP, Health and Human Services, Kansas, Kathleen Sibelius, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mitch McConnell, Mt. Redoubt, Norm Coleman, Pyrrhic Victory, Ralenza, Republicans, Rhodes Scholar, Ronald Reagan, Susan Collins, Swine Flu, Tamiflu, The Right, U.S. Geological Survey, Virus, Volcano Preparedness

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Census Likely Miscounted the Population of 14 States, a Review Finds May 19, 2022
A survey indicated that census takers in 2020 undercounted the number of people in six states, mostly in the South, and overcounted in eight others. Covid is among many possible reasons.
A Rising Texas Republican’s Advice for His Party: Update Your Look May 19, 2022
Wesley Hunt, a Black Republican poised to win a seat in Congress this fall, thinks his party’s future is in more candidates like him.
Kansas Supreme Court Allows Republican Voting Map to Stand May 19, 2022
A lower court had declared the map an unconstitutional gerrymander. The ruling could cost Democrats a seat in Congress.
2 Children Have Been Hospitalized Because of Formula Shortage May 18, 2022
A Memphis hospital has treated two children who can’t absorb nutrients properly because of a medical condition and don’t have access to the specific formula they need.
She Wrote ‘How to Murder Your Husband.’ Did She Do It? May 19, 2022
Prosecutors are building a follow-the-string murder case against a romance novelist. She says their real story is one about love.
One Man’s Choice to Be Cremated Under the Open Sky May 18, 2022
A small Colorado town maintains the country’s only public outdoor funeral pyre. Philip Incao saw it as his own perfect ending.
Michigan Judge Suspends an Abortion Ban From 1931 May 17, 2022
The law is obsolete because of Roe v. Wade but still on the books. Abortion rights advocates are worried that a potential Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe will revive it.
White House Struggles to Explain Baby Formula Production Plan May 19, 2022
A day after invoking the Defense Production Act to help alleviate a nationwide shortage, administration officials had few answers for how the law would lead to more supply.

The Guardian, UK

Mozambique confirms first wild poliovirus case in 30 years May 19, 2022
Case in child in Tete province follows detection of similar strain in Malawi in February, officials sayMozambique has identified its first case of wild polio in three decades following the genetic sequencing of a similar strain of the childhood disease in Malawi earlier this year.Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization’s regional director for Afri […]
Widow of man killed in Libya accuses South Africa of ‘silence’ in hunt for his body May 19, 2022
The South African government sent Anton Hammerl’s passport to his widow in 2016 but has refused to say how it came to have itThe widow of a British-based photographer who was murdered by Col Gaddafi’s forces in Libya in 2011 has accused South Africa of withholding crucial information about her husband’s death that could help in efforts to locate his body.Ant […]
‘Huge spike’ in global conflict caused record number of displacements in 2021 May 19, 2022
Those fleeing combat were internally displaced 14.4m times, with biggest toll in sub-Saharan Africa, report revealsConflict and violence forced people from their homes a record number of times last year, a report has found, with sub-Saharan Africa bearing the brunt of mass internal displacement caused by “huge spikes” in fighting.People fleeing violence were […]
‘History repeating’: Amazon base in Cape Town splits Indigenous groups May 19, 2022
Building work is quiet, for now, on £200m project that pits different visions of South Africa’s future against one anotherSmoke curls into the air, a drum beats, the dance begins, a chant is raised. Ten metres away, cars howl past on a busy road, drivers unaware of the sacred ritual taking place in the centre of a bustling South African city.Francisco Macken […]
UN confirms death of one of last Rwandan genocide fugitives May 18, 2022
Phénéas Munyarugarama is second person wanted for their involvement in 1994 mass killings to dieOne of the last five fugitives wanted for his role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Phénéas Munyarugarama, died in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002, UN prosecutors have announced.Munyarugarama, a local army commander, “died of natural causes” and was buried […]
‘I thought the UK was a good country’: Sudan massacre refugee faces removal to Rwanda May 18, 2022
Mohammed is among first asylum seekers to face removal under Home Office’s controversial schemeIt took Mohammed more than three years and a journey of more than 5,000 miles to reach the UK after fleeing a massacre in his village in Sudan.Now, just over a week after arriving by kayak across the Channel, he is among the first tranche of asylum seekers facing f […]
UK deportation flight to Jamaica takes off with seven onboard May 18, 2022
Home Office initially had 100 people on list of Jamaican nationals to be removed, say reportsA Home Office deportation flight to Jamaica took off in the early hours of Wednesday morning with seven people onboard.Some media reports said the Home Office initially had 100 people on the list of Jamaican nationals that officials hoped to remove. Continue reading. […]
Canada: trial of white men who killed two Indigenous hunters in 2020 begins May 17, 2022
Roger Bilodeau and his son Anthony Bilodeau believed that Jacob Sansom and Maurice Cardinal were thieves, court hearsTwo white Canadian men followed and then shot dead two Indigenous hunters because they believed they were thieves, prosecutors have told a court at the start of a murder trial in Alberta.Roger Bilodeau, 58, and his son Anthony Bilodeau, 33, ha […]

The BBC

Ukrainian widow confronts Russian soldier accused of killing her husband May 19, 2022
The 21-year-old serviceman has pled guilty to killing her husband in a village in Ukraine's north-east.
Bush condemns Putin's invasion of 'Iraq' instead of Ukraine May 19, 2022
The former US president corrected himself after saying Putin had invaded Iraq rather than Ukraine.
Afghanistan's female TV presenters must cover their faces, say Taliban May 19, 2022
Women's faces are banned from TV screens as Afghanistan's rulers further tighten restrictions.
Israeli coalition government in crisis as MP quits May 19, 2022
An Arab member resigns in anger, leaving the government as a fragile minority for the first time.
Vangelis: Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner composer dies at 79 May 19, 2022
The Greek musician won an Oscar for the 1981 film theme, and also wrote the Blade Runner soundtrack.
Monkeypox cases investigated in Europe, US and Canada May 19, 2022
Cases of the rare disease are now confirmed in four European countries, health authorities say.
Russian McDonald's buyer to rebrand restaurants May 19, 2022
The fast food giant says the new owner of its 850 Russian restaurants will operate them under a new brand.
Nnamdi Kanu: Nigerian separatist allowed to watch Liverpool games on TV May 19, 2022
A Nigerian judge grants Nnamdi Kanu dispensation to watch the climax of his favourite team's season.