Freedom Riders send Voting Rights message to US Supreme Court

NKorea sentences American to 15 years labor NKorea sentences American to 15 years labor North Korea says an American detained for nearly six months has been sentenced to 15 years of “compulsory labor” for crimes against the state.More > > An American detained for nearly six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of “compulsory labor” for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced Thursday.More > > First residents move into Montgomery’s new Plaza at Centennial Hill development First residents move into Montgomery’s new Plaza at Centennial Hill development Updated: Wednesday, May 1 2013 11:28 PM EDT2013-05-02 03:28:31 GMT Updated: Wednesday, May 1 2013 11:21 PM EDT2013-05-02 03:21:52 GMT Updated: Wednesday, May 1 2013 11:02 PM EDT2013-05-02 03:02:29 GMT Freedom Riders for Voting Rights will arrive in Montgomery Wednesday afternoon, ending a two-day pilgrimage across Mississippi and Alabama. Their journey will culminate on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol, where they say they’ll hold a news conference to discuss the continuing struggle for voting rights Continue reading

Rights group launches tourism boycott of Andaman Islands over 'human safaris'

The tribal rights groups, Survival International, on Tuesday launched a tourism boycott of Andaman Islands urging tourists not to visit the Islands until the “degrading practice of “human safaris was stopped. It said that hundreds of tourists from India and around the world travelled along the illegal Andaman Trunk Road every day to ogle at members of the Jarawa tribe treating them like animals in a safari park. The tours have been widely condemned both in India and around the world Earlier this year, the Supreme Court banned tourists from the road for seven weeks reducing the traffic along the Andaman Trunk Road by two-thirds Continue reading

Judge Napolitano Explains Supreme Court’s Look At Health Care Law’s ‘Employer Mandate’ – Video




Judge Napolitano Explains Supreme Court's Look At Health Care Law's'Employer Mandate' Judge Napolitano Explains Supreme Court's Look At Health Care Law's'Employer Mandate' By: Andrew Sheets Continue reading

Tenther News 12-26-12: NDAA, Obamacare and Agenda 21 Nullification in the States – Video




Tenther News 12-26-12: NDAA, Obamacare and Agenda 21 Nullification in the States tenthamendmentcenter.com This week's episode is made possible in part by the Tenth Amendment Center bookstore.. We've hand-picked the top-10 books for you to read. Continue reading

IHI Kicks Off 24th Annual National Forum, Welcoming 5,500 Health Professionals to the World’s Leading Improvement …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), a leading innovator in health and health care improvement worldwide, kicked off its 24th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care in Orlando, FL this weekend Continue reading

Supreme Court showdown expected over gay rights decisions

Conservative giants Anthony Kennedy and Antonin Scalia are likely to be on opposing sides when the justices rule on marriage and federal benefits. WASHINGTON — For more than two decades, the defining battles within the Supreme Court over social and moral controversies have been fought between two devout Catholics appointed by President Reagan. Continue reading

State elections decide health care's future

Eric Kayne / for NBC News Brandi DeFrank’s son Gabriel, 3 months old, is covered under Medicaid, but the program’s coverage for the Texas mom herself ended when she gave birth. By Maggie Fox, NBC News As Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama pack in some last-minute campaigning before Tuesdays election, polls show voters are split just about down the middle on who they prefer: Romney, who has promised to do everything he can do repeal the 2010 health reform law, and Obama, who says its benefits are just beginning to take hold. But while the presidential race gets most of theattention,the choices voters make to fill governors mansions and state legislatures mayhave just as big an effect on what kind of health coverage they will have in coming years. Continue reading

Senate candidates debate health care overhaul

This is part of a series of stories on issues in the local congressional races, leading up to the election next month. This story focuses on health care. Future stories will look at Social Security, Medicare, federal spending and defense cuts Continue reading

FRC Supports Alliance Defending Freedom, Jubilee Campaign Cert Petition to Supreme Court on Stem Cell Funding

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ –Alliance Defending Freedom and the Jubilee Campaign together with Tom Hungar of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher today filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Sherley v. Continue reading

Editorial: Reject bogus ‘health services’ amendment

The proposed Health Care Services charter amendment on the Nov. 6 ballot Amendment 1 is nothing more than a reminder that the Florida Legislature cares more about making political statements than about the health care needs of Floridians Continue reading

Supreme Court has to face controversial topics in new term

STORY HIGHLIGHTS (CNN) — A day after the Supreme Court upheld the health care law, Chief Justice John Roberts joked that he would spend some time at “an impregnable island fortress” to escape the torrent of vitriol and praise heaped on the bench. Continue reading

Will the Medicaid safety net be stretched?

Like a stagehand suddenly caught in the spotlight, Medicaid unexpectedly took center stage in the health care reform debate this summer when the Supreme Court disallowed a forced expansion of the program under President Barack Obama’s health insurance overhaul. Continue reading

Aon Hewitt Survey Shows Most Employers Considering Move Towards Exchange-Based Individual Market Strategies for …

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Driven by changes under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), most employers are reevaluating their retiree health care strategy and are considering implementing strategies that open access to the individual Medicare plan market through health care exchanges, according to a new survey by Aon Hewitt, the global human resources solutions business of Aon plc. Continue reading