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Russell: None Call It Cleansing
Commentary, December, 15 2005
Marta Russell
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Defending the success of the Iraq War a defiant Bush bragged "[there are] more cell phones in the hands of Iraqis than before." And guess what some sod has been laid in a Najaf soccer field.
Russell: Being Privatized
Commentary, October, 07 2005
Marta Russell
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My pharmacist in California was alarmed when I told her that ALL people now on both Medicare and Medicaid would be forced onto the new Medicare prescription drug program (Part D). "Medicaid will pay for most all drugs people need," she said. "Medi...
Russell: Being Disabled and Poor in New Orleans
Commentary, September, 25 2005
Marta Russell
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If you are disabled and rich or somewhat well-off and lived in New Orleans you probably got out of the city before the levees broke and flooded some 60% of the parishes.
Russell: The Medicaid Kill Off
Commentary, September, 04 2005
Marta Russell
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Bush and the Congress slashed $10 billion from the Medicaid budget for this coming year. Medicaid is the primary public health care program for impoverished persons that serves over 53 million people.
Russell: Bush's Smokescreen
Commentary, March, 24 2005
Marta Russell
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Bush and his cohorts rushed to Washington this past week end to conduct special sessions of Congress so that Bush could sign a bill that would mandate the Terri Schiavo case be heard in the federal district court.
Russell: Headlines Tell Of The War On Poor People
Commentary, July, 15 2004
Marta Russell
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Most any day more attacks are leveled at poor people who rely on government programs such as health care and housing subsidies. Section 8 and Medicaid have particularly been targeted for cuts that will result in reductions in services.
Russell: No Money for Services but New Funds to Harass Us
Commentary, June, 26 2004
Marta Russell
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While on the national front ADAPT has been waging its campaign against the institutional bias in Medicaid that keeps nursing homes flush and disabled people unnecessarily captive in them, Governor Schwarzenegger would like to eliminate California'...
Russell: Medicare Games
Commentary, March, 23 2004
Marta Russell
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I use a power wheelchair that Medicare rightly paid for some six years ago. Were I to need another one today I would be in for the fight of my life to get it.
Russell: Capital Destroying Jobs
Commentary, March, 04 2004
Marta Russell
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It was predicted by Business Week in the 90s and assumed by disability groups that in the Information Age disabled workers would get a shot at improving their employment lot. Technology makes it possible for significantly disabled persons to use c...
Russell: A Brief History of Wal-Mart and Disability Discrimination
Znet Article, February, 15 2004
Marta Russell
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A Brief History of Wal-Mart and Disability Discrimination
Russell: Terror Master Governor Schwartzenegger
Commentary, December, 29 2003
Marta Russell
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Terminating items in a budget can be a fun affair. Just ask Gov. Schwartzenegger who is selling massive cuts to health and welfare services to the public in private California malls. All three of his major speeches last week were in malls with sto...
Russell: "Wither on the Vine" Medicare Strategy
Commentary, December, 09 2003
Marta Russell
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Newt Gingrich vowed in the mid 90s to see to it that Medicare would "wither on the vine". What he attempted to do then was to divert Medicare's public purpose, to euthanize it by funding starvation.
Russell: Boarding Buses and Getting a Job: Civil Rights Missing in Action
Commentary, October, 02 2003
Marta Russell
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Around the 13th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (July 26, 1990) Anthony Trocchia, President of Disabled in Action in New York, found it necessary to hold a public bus hostage for an hour in 95 degree heat by sitti...
Russell: Nothing About Us Without Us: Human Rights and Disability
Commentary, August, 10 2003
Marta Russell
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Citizenship can be seen as the realization of certain rights. When states can be held responsible for the treatment of their citizens, much can be gained. The United Nations has a role in setting global standards but so do disabled persons ourselv...
Russell: Clusters of Bombs
Commentary, May, 01 2003
Marta Russell
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In a truly "developed" world where diplomacy reigned over brute force and the wealth of a nation was used to better the lives of its citizenry, the US military would be stripped of the billions of the people's tax dollars it wastes. Militarism wou...
Russell: Bush Billions to Turkey
Znet Article, March, 14 2003
Marta Russell
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Governors, who've been told by President Bush to go home and stare at their own budget spreadsheets, ought to take a look at the president's spending plans and start screaming bloody murder! Because it seems that many states - foreign states - are...
Russell: Bush Billions To Turkey: Screw The Govs, And The Poor Too.
Commentary, March, 06 2003
Marta Russell
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Governors, who've been told by President Bush to go home and stare at their own budget spreadsheets, ought to take a look at the president's spending plans and start screaming bloody murder! Because it seems that many states - foreign states - are...
Russell: "The People" Speak Out
Commentary, March, 01 2003
Marta Russell
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I was home on January 18 watching the DC anti-war coverage on CSPAN. I was not home because I wanted to be.
Russell: Extinguishing Frida
Commentary, January, 26 2003
Marta Russell
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Usually I leave Hollywood alone. Dramatic film has not been a medium of historical accuracy. Getting around to seeing the movie "Frida," however, put me in a comment-making mood. No, it drove me to speak up as a fan of Kahlo's.
