Category Archives: Children

Obama says health care reform helping people get by

By doris | Published: September 24, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Faced with a divided public over his signature legislative achievement, President Barack Obama on Wednesday hailed the health care reform bill passed in March as important for helping both the government and the American people deal with rising medical costs. The measure endured a bitter political fight that [...]

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Winners in Obama education reform unveiled

By doris | Published: August 26, 2010

Full Story at TODAYmsnbc.msn.com ATLANTA — More than 13 million students and 1 million educators will share $3.4 billion from the second round of the federal “Race to the Top” grant competition, the U.S. Education Department said Tuesday. The department chose nine states — Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and [...]

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Ditch the 14th Amendment? Why stop there?

By doris | Published: August 7, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Republicans such as Sens. Lindsey Graham, John Kyl and John Cornyn are tripping over themselves to jump on the latest “Dumb Way to Solve the Illegal Immigration Problem” bus by suggesting Congress examine repealing the 14th Amendment, which deals with one way of becoming a U.S. citizen. The far [...]

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U.S. cracks down on farmers who hire kids

By doris | Published: June 19, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WHITE LAKE, N.C. – The Obama administration has opened a broad campaign of enforcement against farmers who employ children and underpay workers, hiring hundreds of investigators and raising fines for labor and wage violators. A flurry of fines and mounting public pressure on blueberry farmers is only the opening salvo, Labor [...]

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