Jamil Smith, @JamilSmith Even after facing backlash for effectively killing an act historically seen as a bi-partisan non-issue, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is short on answers explaining precisely why he and a number of his fellow Republicans opposed the Senate version of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization. “Majority Leader Cantor has worked hard seeking to move the bill forward so we can protect all victims and prosecute offenders,” Cantor’s office told Melissa Harris-Perry ...
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Erika Eichelberger | January 2, 2013 Interstate 5 runs down the middle of California’s San Joaquin Valley for hundreds of miles. On either side are dusty rows of almond, peach and orange trees. In the summer, the ground is tan and dry. Telephone poles measure out the time for passing cars, their sagging power lines scalloping out to a vanishing point on the horizon. Somewhere almost halfway from San Francisco to Los Angeles is a town called Huron. This is where Carla (not her real name) used to...
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Republicans are considering killing a measure that would give raped female soldiers free access to abortionsBY ALEX SEITZ-WALD If there’s one thing this election taught us, it’s that fighting against abortion in the case of rape should be avoided at all costs. And yet, Republicans may come back for another serving of Todd Akin’s humble pie. Right now, if you’re a woman in the military, which has startlingly high rates of sexual assault, and you get raped, you face the added insult of having to ...
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As a government and as a people, we must do everything we can to commit ourselves to ending this disease and reducing the stigma that surrounds this disease.
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Growing Power, Inc. is doing their part to help ensure that Milwaukee children are not only consuming healthy food but also learning how to maintain a healthy food lifestyle.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WXOW) - Members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation are asking Governor Scott Walker to implement a state-run health insurance exchange as part of the federal Affordable Care Act. Rep. Ron Kind, Senator Herb Kohl, Rep. Gwen Moore, Senator-elect Tammy Baldwin, and 2nd District Representative-elect Mark Pocan sent a letter to Governor Walker pushing for the state-based exchange. Wisconsin must inform the federal government by November 16 of how it plans to run the exchange. ...
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Democrats in Wisconsin's congressional delegation are calling on Gov. Scott Walker to implement a state-run health care exchange under the federal law championed by President Barack Obama. Walker faces a Friday deadline to notify the Obama administration as to whether Wisconsin will run its own exchange, have the federal government do it, or create a hybrid. The letter released Tuesday was signed by U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl and U.S. Reps. Tammy Baldwin, Ron Kind and Gwen Moore....
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Today Wisconsin legislators sent a letter to Governor Scott Walker asking him to move forward in implementing Wisconsin's state-based health insurance exchange, made possible through the Affordable Care Act of 2010.
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One of the great things about calling Milwaukee home is that I am surrounded by people whose goal is to improve the life outcomes of not only themselves but those in their community as well.
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