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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Make Wall Street pay, not our New York City schools
The author is a member of the United Federation of Teachers in the Bronx. If the New York City government…
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Electronics retailer files for bankruptcy, lays off thousands
Circuit City, among the country’s largest electronics chains, has filed for bankruptcy only a week after it announced it would…
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