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Poverty rises as economic crisis continues
A recent study by the Heartland Alliance Mid-America Institute on Poverty found that over 400,000 additional Illinois residents were pushed…
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Department of Justice drops charges against AIPAC lobbyists
On May 1, the Department of Justice dropped espionage charges against two former officials of the American Israel Public Affairs…
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Foreclosure rates reach record high
The foreclosure rate for March 2009 hit a new record high of 803,489 properties, or one in every 159 housing…
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Chicago officer who shot Aaron Harrison in back is exonerated
On Mar. 25, Chicago’s “Independent Police Review Authority” officially exonerated the police officer who shot Aaron Harrison in the back…
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Official unemployment rate hits 8.5 percent
According to the Labor Department, the U.S. unemployment rate climbed from 8.1 percent to 8.5 percent in March. There are…
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Heart failure among Black adults 20 times more prevalent
According to a New England Journal of Medicine study, heart failure occurs 20 times more often among African Americans under…
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Delaware state workers fight back against salary cuts
Dozens of state workers gathered last Thursday outside Legislative Hall in Dover, Del., to demand an end to proposed budget…
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Imperialists commemorate 1959 CIA-backed uprising of Tibetan elites
March 10, 2009, marked the 50th anniversary of a failed aristocratic uprising in Tibet that led to the exile of…
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Chicago residents protest closure of clinic in low-income community
On Wednesday, March 4, about 50 protesters gathered outside the Center for Women and Families to picket and rally against…
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As recession swells, oppressed communities harder hit by job loss
In February, the official unemployment rate in the United States hit 8.1 percent for the first time in over a…
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