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Voting in Historic Egyptian Elections Enters Second Day
Cairo - Polls opened for a second scheduled day of voting on Tuesday after unexpectedly large crowds of Egyptians defied predictions of bedlam and violence a day earlier to …
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Newt Gingrich’s Latest Assault on the Constitution: Drug Test Americans Before They Get “Any Kind of Federal Aid“
Across the country, Republican governors are pushing policies that mandate drug-testing for all welfare recipients and marginalize low-income Americans in the process. Now, the latest GOP presidential frontrunner Newt …
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The Occupy Movement Focuses on Foreclosures
As the Occupy movement enters its third month, it is moving into a new phase. Colder weather in the north, combined with aggressive push back from city officials around …
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American Airlines Parent Files for Bankruptcy
American Airlines' parent company, AMR Corp., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday morning and its chief executive Gerard Arpey has retired. The Fort Worth-based carrier said …
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Thousands March on Washington State Capitol to Protest Budget Cuts
This week, the Washington state legislature is holding a special session to deal with issues related to the state’s budget. Gov. Christine Gregoire (D) has called on the legislature …
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As Public Sector Sheds Jobs, Blacks Are Hit Hardest
Don Buckley lost his job driving a Chicago Transit Authority bus almost two years ago and has been looking for work ever since, even as other municipal bus drivers …
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Occupy Wall Street Talking Points: Who You Calling Slacker?
The media has settled on pushing the “slacker” image for OWS protesters. Excuse me? The truth is exactly the opposite: it is Wall Street and the wealthiest …
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Ai-jen Poo: Organizing Labor – With Love
Talk to Ai-jen Poo about her work and it won’t be long before you hear language you don’t often hear in the midst of intense social movement campaigning. For …
Washington Frets Over Pakistan Response to Soldiers’ Deaths
Washington - As the Pentagon scrambled Monday to satisfy Pakistani demands for a full accounting of Saturday's lethal air attack on two border posts, official Washington expressed hope that …
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Restore the Basic Bargain
For most of the last century, the basic bargain at the heart of the American economy was that employers paid their workers enough to buy what American employers were …