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CNN's Kitty Pilgrim looks to see how the Canadian health system fares compared to the U.S. Source: CNN | Added August 7, 2009

If you’re wondering who is primarily responsible for organizing the barbaric efforts to sabotage the Democratic town halls across the nation, wonder no longer. The man’s name is Rick Scott, and he is

WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors on Monday charged a Miami man with the largest case of credit and debit card data theft ever in the United States, accusing the one-time government informant of swipin

ATLANTA (AP) — A 30-year-old man who authorities say was wearing a wig when he was arrested was charged Wednesday night in the robbery and shooting death of ex-boxing champion Vernon Forrest. U.S. Ma

POLITICO's Carrie Budoff Brown: 'President Barack Obama and his top aides are signaling that they're prepared to drop a government insurance option from a final health-reform deal if that's what's nee

2008 Oscar nominee for Best Documentary Feature, this astonishingly powerful film takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. The day before the storm makes landfall, 2

Are you struggling to write your resume and promote yourself effectively in your job search? Here are five prevalent resume writing myths and mistakes to avoid that you must be aware of. 1) Myth: R

You've seen what an impact one video makes. Help us create more videos exposing these insurance bosses. We can win this fight but it has to happen now. Give $25 today. https://bnf.democracyinactio

UnitedHealthcare CEO Stephen Hemsley owns $744,232,068 in unexercised stock options. CIGNA’s Edward Hanway spends his holidays in a $13 million beach house in New Jersey. Meanwhile, regular Americans

The big insurance companies are lying to the public and turning out right-wing zealots to town halls to yell and scream and incite violence. It's time to take back the terms of this debate. It's time

There is a video of Dr. Conrad Murray addressing his patients and supporters on YouTube.com. Murray is the focus of the investigation into Michael Jackson's death. Click here to watch the video. h

(CNN) -- Religious groups in favor of health care reform have launched a national campaign to offset the loud opposition to President Obama's plan to overhaul the nation's health care system, organize

Agatha Joseph's daughter was placed in seven detention centers over three years. She was the victim of double jeopardy. Watch, as her mother, Agatha, tells the hardships her daughter endured behind th

More than one in 10 deaths in immigration detention in the last six years have been overlooked and were omitted from an official list of detainee fatalities issued to Congress in March, the Obama admi

Nurses and other members of the public still have time to make their voices heard as congressional debate over healthcare legislation intensifies in the coming weeks. Now is the time for nurses to cal

My aunt has been out of work like millions of Americans. This equates to her having no health insurance coverage. Like many other Americans, she was forced to forgo her medications in order to try to

If we needed any proof that our dysfunctional immigration system inhibits our economic growth, our neighbors to the north have provided us that proof. Canada is actively {recruiting immigrants that ar

NEW YORK—President Barack Obama tried on Tuesday to defuse misconceptions about his health care reform proposal in a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, after a series of disruptions at Democratic law

PORTSMOUTH —{Richard Terry} Young was found inside Portsmouth High School, where Obama later in the day held his town hall-style forum. Young was detained by the Secret Service and subsequently arrest

The placard read "it is time to water the tree of liberty!" - but it was not a water pistol strapped to the thigh of the protester waiting for Barack Obama, but a real gun. William Kostnic was waitin

BOSTON – President John F. Kennedy's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family's public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally dis

Black Issues Appear Safe from Legal Attack (Taylor Media Services) When the Senate voted last Thursday to confirm President Obama's nomination of Puerto Rican American Sonia Sotomayor as

There are many reasons to dislike the census but Black Americans need to know that many benefits can accrue for their participation in the 2010 Census. In addition to a federal requirement, Census

(BlackDoctor.org) -- In today’s day and age, your doctor’s appointment shouldn’t consist of a one-sided Q&A. You should be asking the doctor just as many questions as he or she asks you. The next time