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Reports: Weapons of Mass Distraction

Reports: Dennis Kucinich on the Democrats’ Bailout Betrayal

Reports: Back in the USSR

Reports: Socialism for Dummies

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Official: Kim Jong Il May Have Had Stroke

Reports: Universal Health Care Makes More Sense Than Ever

Arts and Culture: Borgnine Blushes, but He’s On to Something

Ear to the Ground: Meaty Danger Strikes Whole Foods

Ear to the Ground: Shock Therapy Buzzes On

Reports: A Parting Gift to the Religious Right

Reports: AIDS and the Myth of the Oversexed Negro

Reports: Kids Are Fat People Too

Reports: Seeing Red About ‘Feeling Blue’

Reports: Iraq’s Signature Wound

A/V Booth: Eat More, Move Less

Ear to the Ground: Victims of Military Chemical Tests Demand Answers

Ear to the Ground: Herpes Is Common Among New Yorkers

Arts and Culture: Nicholas von Hoffman on ‘The Big Squeeze’

Ear to the Ground: AIDS Still an Uphill Battle

Ear to the Ground: Kennedy Feels ‘Like a Million Bucks’

Ear to the Ground: Kennedy Goes Under the Knife

A/V Booth: Stewart Checks Out McCain’s ‘Unremarkable’ Buttocks

Reports: Close but No Health Care

Ear to the Ground: Kennedy Said to Prefer Wife as Successor

Ear to the Ground: Friends and Foes Respond to Kennedy News

Reports: When It Costs Too Much to Support the Troops

A/V Booth: ‘A Walk to Beautiful’

Ear to the Ground: John and Elizabeth Edwards Spill the Beans

Reports: The Single-Payer Solution

Reports: McCainomics

Reports: The Left Has Lost Its Way

Ear to the Ground: Study: Beware of Vitamins

Reports: Failing the Troops

Reports: In Utero Inc.

Reports: A Torture Debate Among Healers

Reports: Seven Years of Scandal

Ear to the Ground: Are Medical Insurance Mandates Constitutional?

Reports: Doctors and Patients Agree

Reports: McCain’s Age Is No Joke

Reports: A Cause Bigger Than Any Scandal

Ear to the Ground: Bad News, Abstinence Fans

Ear to the Ground: Chris Hedges: ‘Lay Off Nader’

Reports: A Kind Word for the Media

Reports: McCain’s Losing Message

Ear to the Ground: Huge Recall of Beef Is Linked to Schools

Ear to the Ground: A Blow Against the Common Cold?

Ear to the Ground: Scientist: HIV Vaccine at Square One

Reports: You Are More Than What You Eat

Reports: The Democrats’ Salvation

Ear to the Ground: The Platform John Edwards Built

Reports: American Veterans in Crisis

Reports: The 2000 Election All Over Again

Reports: The Fight of Her Life

Reports: Iowa Will Make or Break Edwards

Reports: The United States of Hypochondria

A/V Booth: Kucinich Asks Himself a Question

Ear to the Ground: Another Heart Treatment for Cheney

Reports: The Democrats’ Facebook Primary

Reports: A Faith-Based Boondoggle

Reports: A Tale of Two Turkeys

Reports: For Whom the Bell’s Palsy Tolls

Ear to the Ground: ‘Plumpynut’ to the Rescue

Ear to the Ground: White House Explores Global Warming’s Health Benefits

Ear to the Ground: White House ‘Eviscerated’ Climate Report

Ear to the Ground: Dems Blow Override, Vow to Keep On Fighting

Reports: Gouging Grandma

Reports: Our Offspring Fontanel

A/V Booth: Your Tax Dollars at Work: Abstinence Ads

Reports: Sen. Clinton Beefs Up the Competition

Reports: Bush Gets Tightfisted With Sick Kids

Ear to the Ground: Bush Vetoes Children’s Health Care Bill

Reports: Beating the Odds

Reports: The Silent Majority

Ear to the Ground: Congress Re-Ups Abstinence-Ed Program

Reports: Blue-Collar Challenge for Democrats

Reports: Lord of the Sighs

Ear to the Ground: Chavez:  Castro Ready for Another 100 Years

Reports: Hillary’s Healthy Turnaround

Reports: Hillary’s Health Care Remodel

Reports: If It’s Broke, Fix It

Reports: Letting Our Veterans Down

Ear to the Ground: San Francisco to Cover the Uninsured

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Life Expectancy Hits All-Time High

Reports: Ignoring the Other Victims of 9/11

Ear to the Ground: Bad News for Older Smokers

Ear to the Ground: Depleted Uranium to Blame for Iraq’s Cancer Problem?

Ear to the Ground: Cuban Official Denies Castro Rumors

Ear to the Ground: The Unborn Victims of Occupation

Ear to the Ground: Giuliani Apologizes for Ground Zero Gaffe

Ear to the Ground: Chief Justice Has Mysterious Seizure

Ear to the Ground: Sex Ed for Seniors

Reports: Children’s Healthcare Is a No-Brainer

Bazaar: Occupational Health Psychology: The Challenge of Workplace Stress

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A/V Booth: Straight Talk From Moore on Olbermann’s ‘Countdown’

Ear to the Ground: The Battle Over Sex Education

Ear to the Ground: Egypt Bans Female Genital Mutilation

Reports: Watch ‘Sicko’ and Call Your Congressman in the Morning

Ear to the Ground: House Overturns Abortion Aid Ban

Reports: ‘SiCKO’: Michael Moore’s Prescription for Change

A/V Booth: Colbert: Gays Should Come With a Warning Label

Ear to the Ground: Army (Finally) Hires More Shrinks

Reports: The Lose-Lose War

Reports: Science Progresses Despite Politics

Ear to the Ground: Vatican Shuns Amnesty International

Truthdig Podcast: The Lose-Lose War

A/V Booth: Michael Moore, Oprah and ‘Sicko’

Ear to the Ground: Another Classic Appointment From George W. Bush

Ear to the Ground: Obama Hops on the Healthcare Bandwagon

Ear to the Ground: New Jersey Considers Mandatory HIV Test

Ear to the Ground: VA Exaggerates Quality of Care, Study Finds

Reports: The Greatest Threat to Choice

Ear to the Ground: The Most Polluted City in America

Ear to the Ground: The Ultimate Diet Pill

Ear to the Ground: Texas Governor’s Order for Cancer Vaccine Blocked

Reports: Supremes Know Best

Ear to the Ground: Mexico City to Decriminalize Abortion

Reports: Life, Death and Politics

Reports: Borders, Bullies and Global Health

Cartoons: Unsafe, Barely Legal and Rare

Reports: Governing the Womb

A/V Booth: Bill Maher Says Mind Your Own Business

Ear to the Ground: Free Trade’s Bitter Pill

Reports: Forget Big Tobacco—Big Food Kills

Reports: Politics Is Personal

Ear to the Ground: ‘The Campaign Goes On’

A/V Booth: Podcast: California Pioneer on the Healthcare Crisis

Truthdig Podcast: California Pioneer on Public Healthcare and More

Reports: Lost in the Lobbying

Ear to the Ground: Castro Pokes His Head Out

Ear to the Ground: Iraq President Hospitalized

Ear to the Ground: Farewell, Wild Oats!

Ear to the Ground: Bush Afflicted by Non-Cancerous Moles

Ear to the Ground: New Mexico Tries Talking Urinals

Ear to the Ground: Texas Governor Ignores the Zealots

Ear to the Ground: The Health Risks of Modesty

Ear to the Ground: Forgetting Addiction

Ear to the Ground: Drug-Resistant Bacteria Follow Soldiers Home

A/V Booth: Our Own Weapon of Mass Destruction

Ear to the Ground: Chavez Raises Doubts Over Castro’s Health

Ear to the Ground: Anti-Obesity Gum

Ear to the Ground: Sen. Johnson’s Health Improves

Ear to the Ground: Franken-Heifers Immune to Mad Cow

Reports: Froma Harrop: The James Brown Paradox

Ear to the Ground: Cloned Food to Go Unmarked

Ear to the Ground: Kansas Abortion Doctor Gets Scrooged

Ear to the Ground: No Cancer Risk From Cell Phones

Ear to the Ground: Study Links Higher IQ to Vegetarianism

Ear to the Ground: Circumcision Reduces AIDS Risk

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Medical Refugees Flee to India

Cartoons: Luckovich: Taco Bell’s Secret Sauce

Ear to the Ground: Pelosi Mulls Smoking Ban

Ear to the Ground: High Court to Hear Global Warming Case

Reports: Marie Cocco: A Prescription for Congress

Ear to the Ground: Bad News for Steak Lovers

Ear to the Ground: A Long but Drunken Life

Ear to the Ground: South Africa Revises AIDS Policy

Reports: Marie Cocco: America’s Other Civil War

Ear to the Ground: Obese Outnumber Starving People Globally

Ear to the Ground: Holding a Gun, Hezbollah Lends a Hand

Ear to the Ground: The Religious Left Rises Again

Ear to the Ground: Study: Men Getting Fatter, Women Holding Steady

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Project to Build Iraqi Hospitals Falls Badly Short

Ear to the Ground: Wal-Mart CEO Talks Tough in Internal Memos

Reports: Phaseout of Teflon Is Rare Win Against Chemical Companies

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