Here’s a puzzler. Latin America has never been more democratic: of 34 nations in Central and South America and the Caribbean, all except one (Cuba) are constitutional democracies, with laws guaranteeing open elections, independent courts, legislatures, and freedom of expression. So why do so many governments still trample on citizens’ rights, bully journalists, harass private business, and generally lord over hearth and home?

The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance fell last week, according to a government report released Thursday.

Childhood is advantageous! During this period of life children have no real responsibilities. Children, for the most part, do not have to worry from where their next meal will come or who will provide their shelter. Fun is always on their menu. On the other hand being an adult is beset with apprehension unless you are Sean Davis.

The United States came back from two goals behind to draw 2-2 with Slovenia in a pulsating World Cup Group C encounter in Johannesburg on Friday. First half goals from midfielder Valter Birsa and striker Zlatan Ljubijankic looked to be enough to guarantee Slovenia would reach the last 16, but it proved only the signal for a courageous fight back by the U.S.

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THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. As we speak, our nation faces a multitude of challenges. At home, our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession that has touched the lives of nearly every American. Abroad, our brave men and women in uniform are taking the fight to al Qaeda wherever it exists. And tonight, I’ve returned from a trip to the Gulf Coast to speak with you about the battle we’re waging against an oil spill that is assaulting our shores and our citizens.

Some 300,000 teachers face lay-offs this coming year. Congress hasn’t even had a vote on legislation that would keep them employed. Teenage employment was at record lows last year — when the stimulus bill funded some summer jobs.

As families around the country celebrate high school and college graduations this month, they can also cheer another piece of good news: as part of the Affordable Care Act, our Administration is issuing regulations today that will allow young adults to stay on their parents’ health insurance plans until age 26.

Feel like you can’t breathe? Do you have the uncontrollable urge to rub your eyes every 10 seconds?

The trees are blossoming and shedding pollen early this year, and that’s bad news for millions of Americans who are suffering from allergies.

I’m in Washington, D.C. meeting with our leaders in Congress as they prepare to take a final vote on health care reform. Today, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that the health care bill passed by the Senate, along with the changes proposed in the reconciliation bill

The Recovery Act wasn’t a silver bullet, but it’s very good policy. It cut taxes for 95% of working families to give them a leg up as they fight to get by. It invested in our nation’s infrastructure and clean energy. it gave tax breaks to small businesses to help hire workers.

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center announces ambitious plans to raise $1 billion for cancer research by the end of 2011-the institution’s 70th anniversary year. With more than $760 million in philanthropy already raised from volunteers and corporate supporters, M. D. Anderson is reaching out to the public with Making Cancer History®: The Campaign to Transform Cancer Care. 



We know the statistics. Nearly one in five American workers is unemployed or underemployed. That means wages are losing ground. One in three homes with a mortgage is under water. Millions of Americans are headed to losing their homes.

President Barack Obama will propose nearly doubling the child-care tax credit for middle-class families on Monday, according to a White House statement.

Americans have donated over $275 million dollars to the Haiti relief efforts but money isn’t the only thing you can give. Here are some ideas on how to help out if you don’t have readily available cash.

A record number of state and federal elected officials will roll up their sleeves to serve local communities across the country tomorrow, Monday, January 18, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service.

This whole push to remove Christ from the Christmas season has gotten so ridiculous that it’s pathetic.

Lets face it, it wasn’t that long ago when Blacks had to use different restroom facilities, back entrance to food establishments, denied entry to white schools, was hung or jailed for whistling at white women, denied the right to vote, and subjected to illegal syphilis contamination. Here we have a Black President attempting to introduce Health Care Reform to all Americans, something the Republicans didn’t even mention during their 8 years in power.

The House plans to vote Wednesday on measures that would extend the safety net for the unemployed and spur job creation.

Medicare Buy In For Older Americans As I mentioned in an email earlier today, it appears that a compromise on the health care bill is taking shape in the United States Senate.

The invitation contained everything you needed to know to have fun.
Well, almost everything…

You knew the date and time and where to be. You knew who was throwing this shindig. But the invite didn’t say a word about what to wear.