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Latinos now account for 40 percent of all federal prisoners
A new study shows that Latino nationalities now account for 40 percent of all federal inmates, making them the largest…
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Racist New York Post cartoon spurs mass outrage
Hundreds of protesters have demonstrated against a racist New York Post cartoon released on Feb.18. The cartoon depicted police riddling…
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Workers march in support of Employee Free Choice Act
Workers are coming out across the country in support of the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would make…
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Employers squeeze workers as joblessness soars
Employers cut 598,000 jobs in January according to statistics released by the U.S. Department of Labor. The number of workers…
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Jury upholds right to speak out against war, military recruitment
A Minnesota jury acquitted seven anti-war protesters of trespassing charges stemming from a protest at the Minneapolis National Guard recruiting…
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Microsoft hops on the layoff bandwagon
For the first time in its 34-year history, Microsoft Corp. plans to lay off up to 5,000 employees, about 5…
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Civil rights laws challenged before the Supreme Court
Two cases before the Supreme Court seek to undermine civil rights protections won through decades of struggle against Jim Crow…
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Secretary of defense calling for billions more for war, occupation
Robert Gates, the secretary of defense for both the outgoing Bush and incoming Obama administrations, is urging Congress to allocate…
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Tennessee ash flood largest environmental disaster of its kind in U.S.
Approximately 5.4 million cubic yards of wet coal ash flooded residential areas and the Emory River when the wall of…
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Native Hawaiians struggle to prevent government land theft
Nearly 150 activists lined the streets of Lihu’e and O’ahu in Hawaii Dec. 26 demanding that Governor Linda Lingle abandon…
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