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As the Republican-controlled 114th Congress convenes, the GOP will unveil their program for the next two years. Republicans claim most of their initiatives will create jobs, but this is far from the truth. When the GOP trumpets “new jobs,” it’s typically a ploy to divert gullible Americans from the true Republican agenda: lining the pockets of the rich. -more-

Patrice Émery Lumumba, wife Pauline Opango Lumumba, died in her sleep on December 23, 2014. She was 78. Her death is almost 54 years after Lumumba’s death on January 17, 1961. -more-

Housing is a human right, declared labor and senior-rights advocate Helen Corbin Lima (1917-2005). Five years ago, when she died, she was 88 years old, a resident of a Strawberry Creek Lodge (SCL) senior housing, which continues but is different. -more-

Quite a few years back, I wanted to go off of Zyprexa because I feared that it was giving me diabetes. I asked my psychiatrist to take me off Zyprexa, and he went along with it while prescribing other medications. -more-