Daily Caller Claims On Physicians’ Support For Obamacare Don’t Add Up

(MintPress) – A recent report by the Daily Caller indicated that 83 percent of American physicians have considered leaving the field over ’Obamacare,’ despite the fact that the study cited did not reference Obamacare or its formal name, the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While the survey is in line with other data that suggests physicians are […]

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak
In this July 9, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File )

(MintPress) – A recent report by the Daily Caller indicated that 83 percent of American physicians have considered leaving the field over ’Obamacare,’ despite the fact that the study cited did not reference Obamacare or its formal name, the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While the survey is in line with other data that suggests physicians are

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Occupy Activists Arrive In New York After Completing 99 Mile March From Philadelphia

Update | By Trisha Maczak Occupy activists involved in the 99 Mile March from Philadelphia to New York City arrived at their destination around 2 p.m. today. The march was a continuation of the Occupy National Gathering, which wrapped up July 5 in Philadelphia. Activists joined the Guitarmy on the last day of the Gathering […]

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak
An Occupy protester stands at the Round House in Philadelphia, joining other Occupy members at the Occupy National Gathering. (Mannie Garcia/MintPress)

Update | By Trisha Maczak Occupy activists involved in the 99 Mile March from Philadelphia to New York City arrived at their destination around 2 p.m. today. The march was a continuation of the Occupy National Gathering, which wrapped up July 5 in Philadelphia. Activists joined the Guitarmy on the last day of the Gathering in a 99 mile march

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26 Protesters Arrested After Confrontations With Police At Occupy National Gathering

(PHILADELPHIA) MintPress – The second day of the Occupy National Gathering in Philadelphia ended with police confrontations in the streets, with preliminary reports indicating the arrest 26 protesters around 11 p.m., according to the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD). Twenty of the protesters arrested were male and six were female, according to Officer Christine O’Brien, a spokesperson for […]

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak
Occupy Movement activists assembled in Franklin Square, in Philadelphia, PA July, 1, 2012. (Mannie Garcia/MintPress)

(PHILADELPHIA) MintPress – The second day of the Occupy National Gathering in Philadelphia ended with police confrontations in the streets, with preliminary reports indicating the arrest 26 protesters around 11 p.m., according to the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD). Twenty of the protesters arrested were male and six were female, according

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Supreme Court Ruling On Juveniles Gives Hope To More Than 2,000 Prisoners

(MintPress) – When the Supreme Court ruled June 25 that juveniles could not be issued automatic life sentences without the chance for parole, thousands of inmates were given hope that crimes committed as children would not keep them behind bars through their elderly years. The 5-4 High Court ruling was based on the argument that […]

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak
This Nov. 25, 2008 photo released by the Michigan Department of Corrections shows inmate Henry Hill. Hill has spent the last 32 years serving a mandatory life sentence for his connection to a killing at a park in Saginaw County when he was 16. Hill had a gun, but was never accused of firing the fatal shot. (AP Photo/Michigan Department of Corrections)

(MintPress) – When the Supreme Court ruled June 25 that juveniles could not be issued automatic life sentences without the chance for parole, thousands of inmates were given hope that crimes committed as children would not keep them behind bars through their elderly years. The 5-4 High Court ruling was based on the argument that a life sentence

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Occupy Tel-Aviv? Arrest Of Prominent Israeli Protester Reignites Demonstrations For Social Justice

(MintPress) – Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Tel Aviv Saturday, nearly 90 of whom were arrested, following the detention of Daphni Leef, an activist who led tens of thousands of Israelis to protests against widening social inequality in Israel in 2011. In what was seen as a reignition of 2011 Tel Aviv […]

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak
Israeli activists raise their hands during a social protest in Tel Aviv, Israel early Sunday, June 24, 2012. Israeli police say 85 protesters were arrested on Saturday after clashing with officers and vandalizing banks in Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

(MintPress) – Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Tel Aviv Saturday, nearly 90 of whom were arrested, following the detention of Daphni Leef, an activist who led tens of thousands of Israelis to protests against widening social inequality in Israel in 2011. In what was seen as a reignition of 2011 Tel Aviv protests, dubbed the

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Iowa Lawmakers Petition To Cut Medicare Funding For All Abortions, Including Incest And Rape

(MintPress) – More than 40 Iowa Republican lawmakers have added their name to a petition demanding the state strip provisions that allow Medicare funds for abortions in the case of incest, rape or the fetal anomalies, claiming doing so violates the state’s abortions’ laws. Implementation of such a law could potentially strip the state from […]

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By Trisha Marczak
Rep. Dawn Pettengill, R-Mount Auburn, hugs Rep. Lance Horbach, R-Tama, after the House adjourned the 2012 legislative session, Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

(MintPress) – More than 40 Iowa Republican lawmakers have added their name to a petition demanding the state strip provisions that allow Medicare funds for abortions in the case of incest, rape or the fetal anomalies, claiming doing so violates the state’s abortions’ laws. Implementation of such a law could potentially strip the state from $1.8

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