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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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Chronic malnutrition widespread among young children
On Nov. 11, the United Nations Children's Fund published a report showing that almost 200 million children under the age…
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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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Study reveals percentage of children receiving food stamps
A recent study on the percentage of children receiving food stamps, published in the November issue of Archives of Pediatrics…
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Chicago Transit Authority’s 2010 budget: an assault on workers
The Party for Socialism and Liberation is mobilizing to stop CTA fare hikes, service cuts and layoffs. There will be…
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Over 2,000 rally against Fenty’s attacks on D.C. public education
On Oct. 8, over 2,000 teachers, school employees, city workers and community activists protested Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty's attack…
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One in 10 U.S. workers officially unemployed
The White House released a report in September that the economy is turning the corner, and the Federal Reserve has…
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Poll shows most people are stressed by financial concerns
A September 2009 Reader's Digest international poll found that most people attribute their stress to concerns about money. Forty-eight percent…
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D.C. Students Protest Teacher Layoffs
On Oct. 5, several hundred students from McKinley Technology High School in Northeast Washington, D.C., marched through the streets to…
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CIGNA denies cancer treatment to children; family joins protests to fight for health care
Stacie Ritter, the mother of twin girls who were diagnosed with cancer at four years of age, has been fighting…
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