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Anti-immigrant Arizona law targets undocumented workers
The state of Arizona, on Jan. 1, 2008, enacted a piece of legislation aimed at destroying the ability of immigrant…
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Rudy Giuliani profited from killer painkiller
During every presidential election, Democratic and Republican candidates promise to impose new reforms and initiatives aimed at improving the lives…
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White House blocks California’s raised emission standards
On Dec. 19, Stephen Johnson, administrator of the federal government’s Environmental Protection Agency, rejected a request from California to create…
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Government attacks retiree health benefits
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission revealed a new policy allowing employers to revoke health coverage of retirees. According to the…
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Fighting to end Connecticut’s parole ban
In recent months, many progressive organizations have come together to mobilize against the statewide ban on parole in Connecticut, recently…
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Government repression: from 1950 to H.R. 1955
On July 7, 1950, 12 days after the launching of the Korean War, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover sent a…
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Congress cuts student loan subsidies, funds imperialist war
A new bill passed by the Democrat-controlled Congress in October 2007 will cut billions of dollars in student loan subsidies.…
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Government ignores veteran and soldier suicides
I had been in Iraq for about two months when my brigade suffered its first fatality. He died from a…
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New Orleans cops attack public housing advocates
Behind the chain-locked gates of City Hall and under massive police protection, the New Orleans City Council voted unanimously to…
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Government suffers Liberty City 7 setback, moves for retrial
After a two-month trial and nine days of deliberations, a Miami jury acquitted one of the Liberty City 7, Lyglenson…
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