u.s. working class
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New evidence emerges of environmental damage from BP oil spill
Scientists working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have recently concluded that the BP oil spill has caused massive…
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Environmental and economic crises spark new wave of activism in Louisiana
On October 10, Project Gulf Impact and Loyola University held an Oil Spill Forum on the Loyola College campus in…
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Anthony Graves freed after 16 years of false imprisonment
After spending 16 years on death row, Anthony Graves, a Black man from Texas, was recently freed after prosecutors decided…
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US falls to 49th place in life expectancy
A recent report has ranked the United States 49th in life expectancy. This is lower than 12 developed countries studied…
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Caterpillar suspends shipment of bulldozers to Israel
Caterpillar has temporarily suspended a shipment of D9 bulldozers to Israel. These D9s, valued at $50 million, are weaponized bulldozers…
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Florida law banning adoption by gays and lesbians overturned
Florida will not appeal a court ruling stopping the state's ban on adoption by gays and lesbians. The only remaining…
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Cuban solidarity with imprisoned Palestinian resistance leader
A campaign of solidarity with the imprisoned general secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Ahmed Sa'adat,…
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Corporate greed and racism created Arizona anti-immigrant law
Arizona's barbaric anti-immigration law SB 1070, now facing federal court challenges, was created to not only scapegoat immigrants, but also…
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China forges into lead in supercomputer world competition
October 2010 marked a revolution in China's computing power, made possible by the country's October 1949 revolutionary victory, which opened…
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Court blocks miners’ strike in S. Africa
The South African Labor Court in Johannesburg has granted Gold Fields a court order temporarily prohibiting a planned strike at…
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