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Mr. Torres Goes to Tallahassee: “A Working Class Hero is Something to Be …“
For too long the collective voice of Florida's working class has been silenced in Tallahassee. Victor Torres aims to change that.
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Economy Adds 171,000 Jobs
In spite of this increase, the unemployment rate slipped up to 7.9 percent, reflecting the fact that the September drop was an aberration.
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In Sandy’s Wake, New York’s Landscape of Inequity Revealed
As Hurricane Katrina demonstrated, floodwaters have a way of exposing the race and class divisions that stratify our cities.
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Map of Voter ID Laws Nationwide
Know the voter ID laws in your state before heading to the polls.
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US Says CIA Sent Security Team to Benghazi Consulate 25 Minutes After Attack, Refuting Claims of Delay
New detailed timeline refutes claim that US attack in Libya was delayed.
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Brooklyn Students Lose Opportunity to Vote, Could Become a Trend in Hurricane Affected Areas
Students at Pratt Institute are being forced to choose between their grades and their vote as Hurricane Sandy impeded the school's intention to declare Election day a holiday for …
Education Not for Sale
From Quebec to Puerto Rico students have taken to the street to fight for their education. Here are interviews with those students who are taking a stand to preserve …
State and National Innovators
Capital can and should be accumulated and managed in ways that provide individual citizens with an income stream from publicly backed investments.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: 25 Americans Are Dead From Meningitis Outbreak, and More
In today's On the News segment: 25 Americans are dead and another 344 are sickened by a growing meningitis outbreak; Hurricane Sandy's death toll has now topped 55 Americans; …
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Major Retailer Urges Workers to Take “Civics Course” With Anti-Obama Content
AlterNet uncovers an anti-Obama program linked to the Koch brothersu2019 Americans for Prosperity, spoon-fed to employees of a major home-improvement chain.