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Showing videos filed under: nina agrawal
Health Care: Fight's Just Starting
March 23, 2010The House of Representatives, under Speaker Nancy Pelosi, passed historic health care reform late Sunday night. That's a fact. Also a fact is that the bill is far from perfect, and legislators from all sides will be working to shape the bill more to their liking. Progressives regret the lack of a public option, let alone single payer, and the use of women's reproductive choice as a political football in the negotiations--Obama was forced into an executive order reaffirming the Hyde Amendment's commitment not to use federal dollars for abortions.Health Care, Gary Younge, and Protesting Iraq
March 22, 2010The House of Representatives, under Speaker Nancy Pelosi, passed historic health care reform late Sunday night. That's a fact. Also a fact is that the bill is far from perfect, and legislators from all sides will be working to shape the bill more to their liking. Progressives regret the lack of a public option, let alone single payer, and the use of women's reproductive choice as a political football in the negotiations--Obama was forced into an executive order reaffirming the Hyde Amendment's commitment not to use federal dollars for abortions.Reclaiming the Healthcare Battle
September 2, 2009August was a dark month, so to speak, for advocates of healthcare reform—public option or single payer. Where were the activists? And what’s the message? Marshall Ganz, a long time organizer and lecturer at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government,Maggie Mahar, the author of Money Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Healthcare Costs So Much, and Nina Agrawal, Director of Community Outreach for National Physicians Alliance in NY on what needs to beReclaiming the Healthcare Battle, Our Dinner With Wally Shawn, and Gaza Under Siege
September 1, 2009What exactly are healthcare activists fighting for? And has Organizing for America missed the bigger picture? We talk to veteran organizer Marshall Ganz and others. Then, playwright, author and actor Wallace Shawn discusses his new collection of essays. And a video on life in Gaza.
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