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EPA decreases value of human life
The U.S. government has devalued an individual life by nearly $1 million. Five years ago the "value of a statistical…
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Thirty-year gap in U.S. life expectancy highlights inequality
A recent study reveals a 30-year gap in average life expectancy between Mississippi and Connecticut, the poorest and richest U.S.…
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Supreme Court denies widow life insurance benefits
On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a Houston widow's rightful claim to her husband's life insurance benefits…
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Efforts to indict Sudan’s president fueled by Washington’s lies
In a move that signals the escalation of the imperialist offensive against Sudan, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest…
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U.S. Census Bureau refuses to recognize same-sex marriages
The U.S. Census Bureau has announced it will not recognize same-sex marriages in the 2010 census. The agency plans to…
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Port bosses attack longshore workers for anti-war action
On May 27, Pacific Maritime Association bosses filed a lawsuit against the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. The timing of…
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Analysts say more banks will fail
Analysts predict that as many as 150 U.S. banks could fail in the next 12 to 18 months. The news…
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McCain, Obama agree: U.S. must dominate Middle East
Senators John McCain and Barack Obama differ in their proposals for when and how the United States should begin a…
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Steps towards ballot access in Louisiana
From July 2 to July 5, PSL vice-presidential candidate Eugene Puryear and campaign supporters traveled to Louisiana in order to…
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Agricultural growers push California farm workers to death
This has been a deadly summer for farm workers in California. Four farm workers have died of heat stroke while…
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Will Washington attack Iran?
Plans for a U.S./Israeli attack on Iran have occupied much of the headlines in recent weeks. Not a day goes…
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Liberation Volume 2, Issue 16
Volume 2, No. 16: Organize, Organize, Organize! On the cover: Florida casino workers beat the house to win union Santa…
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Cadbury taste testers treated like expendable guinea pigs
Taste testers at Cadbury Adams, the U.S. subsidiary of candy maker Cadbury, have sued the company after suffering lesions on…
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Japanese fishermen strike over fuel prices
More than 250,000 fishermen in Japan staged a one-day strike on July 15 to demand the government help the fishing…
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Screen Actors Guild fights studio bosses for labor contract
As of this writing, contract negotiations between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and the largest labor…
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Italy conducting racist census to collect data on Roma people
The Italian government is conducting a racist census to collect personal data from all Roma people in the country. Fingerprints,…
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Canada deports U.S. war resister
On July 15, Robin Long became the first Iraq war resister to be deported from Canada back to the United…
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G-8 summit all talk, no action on global warming crisis
The Group of Eight—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Britain and the United States, with limited membership for the European…
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Latin American media broadcasts FARC statement
Recent events in Colombia have been widely discussed in the U.S. media, but what has been missing is the voice…
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Foreclosure crisis to last ‘into the next decade’
The worsening housing crisis is taking a heavy toll across the country with the highest foreclosure rates since the Great…
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