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December 17, 2009
Imagine that your family has barely enough money to scrape by. A school sits down the street, but fees make it too expensive for you and your siblings to attend—so you've never been able to go to school.
But then imagine that one day the government announces that it has cancelled those school fees. You can go to school. You finally have the chance to learn everything you wanted to know.
December 15, 2009
By Christina Wilkie
Actor and activist Danny Glover is heaping praise on Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Oakland Mayor and former House member Ron Dellums (D) for helping pressure South Africa in the 1980s to end apartheid.
Dellums used to serve in the House in the 1980s, when Waters served in the California Legislature.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
December 1, 2009
Response to Obama Afghanistan decision
August 4, 2009
HR 2346, Supplemental Appropriations Act
August 3, 2009
Markup of H.R. 2634, Jubilee Act
July 30, 2009
CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS AND SEVENTY OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS URGE TREASURY SECRETARY SNOW TO NEGOTIATE 100% DEBT CANCELLATION FOR POOR COUNTRIES
July 30, 2009
CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS SAYS DEBT CANCELLATION FOR 18 COUNTRIES IS NOT ENOUGH; 36 CBC MEMBERS URGE THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO CANCEL POOR COUNTRY DEBTS
July 30, 2009
Congresswoman Waters Says CAFTA Is a Bad Deal for Working People Throughout the US and Central America
Issues:Foreign Affairs