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Health Reform and 18-Month-Old Violet
The health care reform was necessary for 18-month-old daughter, Violet McManus. Violet suffers from seizures that threaten her breathing. Without health care reform, she would have gotten kicked off her parents’ insurance, because her care is so expensive. Millions of other people, like Violet McManus, stand to lose a lot if all or part of it is reversed. Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week on health care reform law.
Worshippers Wear Hoodies in Trayvon Tribute
Worshippers in cities nationwide were wearing hoodies to church services Sunday to honor Trayvon Martin, a Florida teenager shot to death last month by a neighborhood watch volunteer. Trayvon was wearing a hoodie when he was killed February 26 as he walked back to his father’s fiancee’s house in Sanford, Florida, after a trip to a convenience store. Police say he was unarmed, carrying a bag of Skittles candy and an iced tea; he was shot by George Zimmerman. Zimmerman has not been charged. Hoodie marches are expected Sunday in cities across the country
Death of Trayvon Martin becomes a National Concern
Trayvon Martin, 17, was shot in Florida by a neighborhood watch volunteer. Young Martin was carrying an ice tea drink and a bag of skittles. His parents and teachers have stated that he was a good kid, who played sports and did well in school. Martin was an African American boy and the community has stated that this was an act of racial profiling. Obama stated “I think they are right to expect that all of us as Americas are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves and we will get to the bottom of exactly what happened,” he said. And he obliquely addressed the racial component of the case, saying it struck home for him because, “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon”.
"What you see is a constant drip of fear," George Clooney said when he was arrested
George has been arrested at protest outside the embassy of Sudan in Washington, D.C., ABC reports. The protests are calling for an end to Sudan’s food blockade. The protesters accuse Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, of provoking a humanitarian crisis and blocking food and aid from entering the Nuba Mountains in the county’s border region with South Sudan.
