Archive for August 2009

Health Care Debate Gets Weird, Dark

Aug 14th, 2009 | By Rebecca | Category: News, Politics

The already unwieldy debate over US healthcare reform grew stranger and darker this week, drawing in British physicist Stephen Hawking, “death panels”, guns and Nazi Germany.

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Cold Drinks, Race Talks With Obama

Aug 1st, 2009 | By Rebecca | Category: Featured Articles, News, Politics

A pre-eminent black Harvard University professor and the white police sergeant who arrested him for disorderly conduct in his own home sat down last night for a beer with Barack Obama, the US president, to discuss the incident that has sparked intense debates on race relations.

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