Wednesday's Daily Brief

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 U.S. Fighter Jet Crashes In Libya WORLD Israel Launches Air Strikes In Gaza Strip BUSINESS Obama Calls For 'New Era Of Partnership' With Latin America POLITICS Jared Loughner Ordered To Undergo Mental Evaluation POLITICS Opinions Of Health Reform Law Unchanged One Year Later GREEN Fresh Oil Continues to Wash Ashore in the Bayou BLOG POSTS Christy Turlington: Why Families Need Health Care Reform Now More Than Ever When I set out to make a documentary film about the global state of maternal health three years ago, I had no idea just how dismal a job we were doing for our nation's families here at home. This is why we need the Affordable Health Care Act. Rick Sanchez: Why South of the Border Matters North of the Border President Obama, by going to Latin America this past week, you showed the region -- and Latinos here at home -- that we matter. Thank you for doing the right thing. Robert Greenwald: Not Worth It: First Day of Libya Strikes Cost More Than $100 Million The American people want to end the wars that we were already fighting before this weekend, not start new ones. We couldn't afford the other two wars we were already fighting before the cruise missiles started flying over Libya. Keli Goff: Do the Unemployed Face More Discrimination Than African-Americans? It looks like the civil rights movement has not become a relic of the past after all. It's just taking a different shape. Instead of primarily helping people of color, it must now help those of all colors who need their rights protected by the government. Ellen Chesler: How Women Became Citizens (Hint: It Didn't Happen Overnight!) We women must either speak up more passionately and reclaim our own historical agency by overturning recent injustices, or we condemn our daughters to refight the very battles we once had every reason to think we had won.

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