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Activists Seek Increase in Federal Minimum Wage
In an election year dominated by socioeconomic themes, it seems logical that raising the federal minimum wage would become a heated campaign issue in the battle for the presidency.
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Voter Photo ID Laws Have Harsh Impact on Poor, Elderly and Minority Voters, Study Says
If no one provides him with a ride, Jose Zuniga, 83-years old and wheelchair-bound, would have to take two or three buses and travel 20 miles to reach the …
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Union Decries Marines’ Sponsorship of Sport Marked by Sexism, Homophobia
In their battle to unionize 12,000 Station Casinos workers, UNITE HERE's Culinary Union Local 226 has found an unusual target: the United States Marine Corps. Local 226 is targeting …
Anaheim Residents Continue Protests After Cops Open Fire at Women, Kids
On Saturday Anaheim Police Department officers openly fired bean bags, pepper spray and released an attack dog into a crowd that included women and children protesting an officer involved …
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Top Ten Things Climate Change Is Making Worse Right Now
The onslaught of extreme weather and record temperatures this year have had an impact on people globally, directly through drought and temperature, and more indirectly impacting food prices and …
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In Significant Expansion, US Drug War Heads to Africa
In a significant expansion of the war on drugs, the United States has begun training an elite unit of counternarcotics police in Ghana and planning similar units in Nigeria …
US Focuses on Hands Off Toppling of Syrian Government
The Obama administration has for now abandoned efforts for a diplomatic settlement to the conflict in Syria, and instead it is increasing aid to the rebels and redoubling efforts …
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Election Countdown 2012: The Biggest Spending Is Yet to Come in a Presidential Race That Could Hit $3 Billion, and More
In today's Election Countdown 2012 news: The biggest spending is yet to come in a presidential race that could hit an eye-popping $3 billion; a year after Arizona began …
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How the Student Loans Debate Got Religion
Thereu2019s a biblical precedent for forgiveness - of debt. Why churches are standing by students on one of the Bibleu2019s most surprising social principles.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Romney Has Avoided Paying Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Taxes Through Some Creative Accounting Practices, and More
In today's On the News segment: Mitt Romney has avoided paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes through some creative accounting practices; Sheriff Joe Arpaio is in court facing …