Health and Public Safety
November 12, 2009 -
Earlier this year President Obama canceled the federal government's plans to store high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants and weapons facilities at the controversial Yucca Mountain site in Nevada -- but now there are concerns that South Carolina could become a permanent dumping ground for the dangerous waste.
November 12, 2009 -
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority LeaderHarry Reid, key House and Senate Democrats and Republicans, and mostimportantly the major pharmaceuticals and private insurers know onething, and they've known it from the start of the health care debate:The Senate, not the House, will decide what, if any, health care reformplan is finally approved.
November 11, 2009 -
A U.S. veteran living in Tennessee has won what's thought to be the first Veterans Administration claim for exposure inside the continental United States to Agent Orange, an herbicide that was used by the military to clear jungles during the Vietnam War.
November 10, 2009 -
A civil lawsuit
November 10, 2009 -
By Viji Sundaram, New America Media Michael Baranik Jennings called it the worst day of his life.
November 9, 2009 -
The House of Representatives approved a landmark health care reform bill late Saturday night by a close vote of 220 to 215.
November 9, 2009 -
Based on Saturday's razor-thin 220-215 House vote, can we say Southern Democrats are friends or foes of health care reform?
