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A government of, by and for the rich
The official unemployment rate now tops 10.2 percent, the average household income continues to decline, and people in the United…
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Protesters picket Chicago Transit Authority board meeting
Furious riders and transit workers picketed and rallied outside the Chicago Transit Authority's downtown headquarters while board members passed their…
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Philadelphia transit workers achieve gains
Philadelphia's Transit Workers Union Local 234 faced an immense struggle over the last nine months culminating in a heated weeklong…
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U.S.-NATO occupation of Afghanistan under serious challenge
The occupiers of Afghanistan are further from "victory" today than at any time in the past eight years, however that…
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Obama White House legitimizes the Honduran coup
On Oct. 29, the negotiations between the coup government and representatives of the democratically elected president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya,…
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Busy San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge shut down for major repairs
On Oct. 27, San Francisco Bay Area rush hour commuters had the scare of their lives as 5,000 pounds of…
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Delphi’s union workers retain pensions, non-union workers lose out
Over 40,000 unionized workers at auto parts company Delphi recently had their pension benefits reinstated following the July bankruptcy and…
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Victories and setbacks for LGBT civil rights
On Nov. 3, three important votes took place across the country regarding the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and…
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Italian court convictions condemn U.S. renditions
On Nov. 4, an Italian judge rendered a landmark decision against the U.S. government's illegal practice of "rendition" kidnappings in…
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Union says Chicago Transit Authority is ‘asking for a war’
Darrell Jefferson, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241 declared that the union would consider striking if the Chicago…
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