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Jobless and foreclosure rates reveal workers’ woes in economic crisis
The jobless rate among U.S. workers is at its highest since 1983, with 3.9 million workers receiving more than a…
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South Dakota defeats abortion ban measure
Nov. 4 brought a major victory to the working class of South Dakota. For the second time in two years,…
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Television show cuts gay plotline
Corporate executives at ABC network are getting on board with the bigotry promoted by a number of anti-LGBT measures passed…
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Legal victory for survivor of racist attacks
Jordan Gruver, a U.S. citizen of Panamanian and Native American descent, won $2.5 million in damages after he was severely…
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Atmospheric brown clouds pose new environmental threat
By now, many people know about global warming and understand that it is caused by greenhouse gases such as carbon…
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Labor unions a key factor in overcoming racism in elections
The author is a member of UNITE HERE in Florida. According to an exit poll conducted by Peter D. Hart…
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Mass protests repudiate homophobic Proposition 8 across the country
On Nov. 15, demonstrations demanding equal rights for LGBT people took place across the country, fueled by mass outrage against…
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The world suffers from ravages of economic crisis
As summer turned to autumn and the U.S. housing crisis erupted into a full-fledged economic disaster, the capitalist U.S. government…
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Chinese economic stimulus plan to include earthquake reconstruction
The Chinese government has announced a $586 billion economic stimulus package to help bolster the country’s economy in face of…
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Over 20,000 people march in Los Angeles, demand “Overturn prop. 8!”
On Saturday, Nov. 8, a historic march against the passage of California’s discriminatory Proposition 8 filled the streets of Silver…
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Proposition 8 and LGBT rights: The people have not yet spoken
Proposition 8, the ballot measure banning the right of same-sex couples to marry, narrowly passed on Nov. 4. Millions of…
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First marriage licenses issued to LGBT couples in Connecticut
Gay and lesbian couples were granted marriage licenses in cities and towns across Connecticut on Nov. 12, one month after…
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Chicago pro-LGBT forces protest James Dobson at Radio Hall of Fame
On Nov. 8, over 500 protesters in Chicago marched in a large, militant picket despite the cold rain to support…
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World mourns loss of Mama Afrika
Legendary South African performer Miriam "Mama Afrika" Makeba died on Nov. 10. Makeba, 76, collapsed the day before in Italy…
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Free the Atenco 13!
Mumia Abu-Jamal has been on Pennsylvania’s death row since 1982 on false charges of shooting a Philadelphia cop, being railroaded…
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Haitians pushed back by U.N. troops following school collapse
Police and U.N. forces in riot gear drove away Haitians trying to pull away pieces of wreckage at a collapsed…
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How will President Obama ‘rule’?
While the capitalists, the mass media and many in the progressive movement hope for a lengthy honeymoon period for President-elect…
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Unemployment rises dramatically as economic crisis deepens
The October 2008 job report showed a decline in the employment rate for the 10th consecutive month, with 240,000 jobs…
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Credit card crisis threatens to deepen economic slump
The number of officially unemployed citizens has ballooned to a staggering 10.1 million, and working people are running out of…
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Nineteen years after fall of Berlin Wall, eastern Germans turn to Marx
The fall of the Berlin Wall still stands as the most recognized symbol of the overthrow of the socialist camp.…
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