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State budget cuts deprive low-income workers of access to cancer treatment, services for the elderly
As the economic recession unfolds, state and local governments continue to force poor workers to shoulder the burden. At least…
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While delegates meet, activists demand action on climate change
The world's attention is focused on Copenhagen, Denmark, where on December 7, the United Nations Climate Change Conference began. The…
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Jimmy Santiago Baca, famous Chicano poet and author, headlines event to free the Cuban Five
Billed "As an evening with Jimmy Santiago Baca," the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five held an extremely successful…
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Obama administration defends John Yoo
Attorney General Eric Holder's Justice Department is in a struggle to defend war criminal John Yoo from prosecution. The Holder…
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Workers and riders protest transit layoffs and cuts in Chicago
Holding their placards high, over 150 Chicago Transit Authority workers, riders and community supporters picketed and rallied on the morning…
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The political sleight of hand of the 2011 exit myth
The support for President Obama in the 2008 election clearly reflected mass opposition to the Bush administration and its wars…
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Corruption in California higher education exposed
A massive student movement has erupted in California in the last six months. It has grown exponentially as California State…
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Workers bearing heavier tax burden across the country
A November 2009 report shows that nearly every U.S. state and local tax system takes a much greater share of…
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Court holds Army Corps responsible in Katrina devastation
Despite the obviously gross negligence of governmental authorities that led to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, not one governmental official…
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Stimulus funds turned into weapon against public education, teachers
Public school systems across the country are now engaged in a "Race to the Top"--a nationwide competition between states for…
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