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  • Raise Your Voice for Health Care Reform
    by Benjamin Todd Jealous on 
    November 5, 2009

    The NAACP is going to war for “real” health care reform. And that must include a public option.

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  • The Confab -- Oct. 19, 2009
    October 19, 2009

    This Week on The Confab: Is Olympia Snowe the last decent Republican? Are sports fans cheering on conservative football and liberal basketball? And why Katherine Jackson should pull the plug on the Jackson kids' reality show. Join The Root's Washington reporter Dayo Olopade as she talks with assistant editor Saaret E. Yoseph, copy editor Erin Evans and contributor to The Root Donnell Alexander.

     

    * Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.

    * Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.

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  • Speak Now, Or Forever Hold Your Crappy Health Coverage
    June 8, 2009

    Ok, y’all, this is it. This is the moment of truth for determining whether we’ll have access to affordable health care for the foreseeable future. At Talking Points Memo, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich does a great job articulating why this is such a crucial moment: The insurance and pharmaceutical companies have begun their congressional press to kill President Obama’s proposed public plan, and if key Senators don’t hear a loud and clear contrary message from their constituents soon, it’ll be too late....

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