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November, 2004
 NASRO
Campaign Action
National
NASRO
Endorses John Kerry for President
Massachusetts
Companies Error
By Dropping
Domestic
Partner Coverage
The Boston Globe has
recently reported that a number of Massachusetts companies,
who added domestic partner coverage for both same sex and
opposite sex partners in the 1990's, are dropping that coverage,
now that gay & lesbian civil marriage is legal in the
state. While we support the making of gay & lesbian
civil marriage legal, this is no reason to drop coverage
for domestic partners.
NASRO has been offering its small business
members domestic partner coverage as part of our member
health insurance benefit program since we were founded fourteen
years ago, and we have never experienced a higher level
of health care utilization from our domestic partner members.
There is no health insurance industry data that supports
the theory that domestic partner coverage has resulted in
a financial loss to the companies who have offered it.
For the past thirty-five years large numbers
of couples have delayed marriage and lived together as domestic
partners. Many opposite sex partners went on to become married
partners, and now finally so have same sex partners. At
the same time many new couples are becoming domestic partners
and some more established couples choose to remain domestic
partners. Their decision should not effect their right to
health insurance coverage. In Massachusetts we value health
care just as we value education. The excluding of any group
from coverage by large employers weakens the right to coverage
for us all. The employees in question are active and important
parts of their companies success, they deserve equal benefits
from their employers, who can afford to pay for these benefits.
If the companies in question want to continue
a commitment to social responsibility they should reinstate
domestic partner coverage for their employees.
Robert Gaw
NASRO
President
Waltham,
Massachusetts
State Reps Endorsed
NASRO is proud to offer its endorsement for several Massachusetts
candidates for State Representative in the upcoming general
election this November.
California
Support for Proposition 71
NASRO announces its endorsement of Proposition 71 - the
California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative.
Support
for Proposition 72
NASRO endorses Proposition 72 for health care standards.
Get the Facts about Prop 72 at YesOnProp72.com.
April, 2003
Letter
From Lebanon - For War's Full Story, Watch Both U.S. and
Arab TV
Between the biases, distortion and cheerleading
of American and Arab television coverage of the Iraq war,
a viewer of both U.S. and Arab broadcasts can piece together
a picture of what's really happening on the ground
View
From the Latino Side - The War for the Frijoles
Though some communities in the United States
feel the need to "close ranks" during wartime
to appear patriotic, Latinos are resisting such calls.
Mexican
Groups Denounce Nighttime Deportations of Youth
Plus: Latino Veteran Writes on Haunting Realities
of War; Florida Migrant Farm Workers in Historic Push for
Protections; Colombian Kidnap Victim Nominated for Peace
Prize
Ethnic
Communities Respond to War on Iraq
War in Iraq looks different when viewed from
the perspective of many of America's ethnic communities.
Pacific News Service examines reaction to the war in Chinese,
Mexican, Russian, Korean, Indian, Pakistani, Filipino and
Afghan circles.
Army
'Fragging' - Racial Tension Back in Spotlight
Little is known about the motivation behind
the recent grenade attack by an African American Muslim
sergeant on fellow soldiers in Kuwait. Even if the attack
turns out to be an isolated incident involving a disturbed
individual, it evokes memories of the Vietnam War for PNS
contributor Earl Ofari Hutchinson.
March, 2003
Fear
and Doomsday Visions Fuel Anti-War Demonstrations
Visions of a final conflict, and of redemption
of a decadent West, have haunted Mesopotamia before, and
swirl around questions of war with Iraq today. But history
also shows that when faced with doomsday, leaders can pull
back from the brink.
Global
Labor Challenges Bush War Plans
A joint declaration against war in Iraq by
more than 200 unions worldwide has teeth. Global opposition
to Bush's war plans from labor could redraw political maps
in countries where unions wield much power.
With
All Eyes on Iraq, The Americas Crumble
The deaths of more than 23 people in Bolivia
during protests and riots is but one sign of forces that
threaten to tear apart Latin America. Yet Washington's policies
toward the region are making things worse, not better.
Greenspan
- ‘Major’ Increase in Immigration Could Aid Economy
Publications focusing on immigration are
implying that more immigration could fuel economic growth
and help close the budget deficit.
February, 2003
Ask
'Dame Edna' - What Happened to Humor?
Amid orange alerts and frantic runs on duct
tape, angry Spanish-speaking readers found time to pen angry
letters to Vanity Fair editors over an "offensive"
column by the cross-dressing satirist "Dame Edna."
Out
With the Trash? -- Cairo's Legendary 'Garbage People' Threatened
Though they live in a Dickensian landscape
of towering trash heaps and smoking fires, Cairo's zabbaleen
have advanced economically from collecting and recycling
the sprawling city's garbage. Now, as the city privatizes
trash collection, a way of life could disappear.
Two
Nightmare Scenarios May Yet Tilt the Scales Toward Peace
President Bush's speeches increasingly reference
Biblical terms. As war looms, the prospect that a U.S. war
with Iraq -- known Biblically as The Garden of Eden -- could
trigger not a final resolution to the Gulf War I but rather
an Armageddon may yet tilt the scales toward peace for the
White House.
As
Turkey Moves to Support U.S. Troops, Anti-War Majority Fears
Civil War
Turks are solidly against a U.S. war on Iraq,
but the newly elected Islamist government may have no choice
but to fall in line behind U.S. war plans. The repercussions
could include civil war.
Census
Report Undercount Blacks
Plus: Why African American Babies Have the
World's Highest Infant Mortality Rate; Korean Dry Cleaners
Fight Ban on Solvent Nationwide; Indian Americans Get Poor
Bill of Health
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