Watch co-author S Woolhandler, Harvard medicine prof, primary care MD, PNHP co-founder, assess Baucus plan- 'complete sellout' to private insurers: 'protecting their profits & sacrificing American lives'- & discuss single-payer, lobbying, donations, etc

I felt that I should submit this story because it is a story with a happy ending for a change! http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedartic le/8716245

Democrats had threatened to censure Rep. Joe Wilson unless he apologized on the House floor for accusing President Obama of lying during his address to a joint session of Congress. Wilson refused to do so.

House GOP arrived for President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress on Wed night with signs, props, & a lot of attitude. But at least one congressman went way too far. Rep. Joe Wilson shouted "You lie!" after Obama denied the illegal alien lies

In possibly his BEST 'Special Comment', Countdown's Keith Olbermann explains that President-elect Barack Obama should not be afraid to prosecute those elected officials complicit in act of torture in order to prevent the same mistakes from happening again

"Leonard Peltier's unjust incarceration remains a festering sore that impedes better race relations in America. Surely the time has come to promote healing and a spirit of trust and genuine goodwill toward the Indian peoples of America with an act that...

Black Hills educator Robert Cook has met with President-elect Barack Obama's education team in Washington, D.C., to lay out a course for American Indian education in the new administration. Cook is president of the National Indian Education...

Washington - Barack Obama will make history Tuesday when he becomes the nation's first black president. But much of what he does on Inauguration Day will be a relic of the past. Having traveled to Washington by train, following in the steps of...

In 2003, just before the Bushites invaded and occupied Iraq, Vice President Dick Cheney assured our wary nation that the whole thing would be a cakewalk, and that George W would be a hero to the people there: "The Iraqis will throw flowers," Dick gloated.

We were gravely disappointed to learn that Rev. Rick Warren has been selected to deliver the invocation at your inauguration. Rev. Warren was a poor choice to lead the invocation due to his long history of hateful, divisive rhetoric on important cultural