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15.8 percent of people in the United States don't have health insurance.

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If the average U.S. Internet speed continues to improve at the same rate it did from 2007 to 2008, we won't catch up with Japan's current download speed for 100 years. That's the troubling finding from the Communications Workers of America's (CWA's) Speed Matters campaign.


The campaign is part of the union's effort to promote national and state policies for affordable, universal high-speed broadband networks and end the digital divide. This week, Speed Matters released its second annual state-by-state report on Internet speeds.

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We're the 2.1 million union members who are veterans of military service. We respect John McCain's service—and urge him to respect ours. But McCain has opposed increased funding for veterans health care and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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