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Many Workers in Public Sector Retiring Sooner
Madison, WI - As states and cities struggle to resolve paralyzing budget shortfalls by sending workers on unpaid furloughs, freezing salaries and extracting larger contributions for health benefits and …
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Carriers Admit to Installing Hidden App
The cellphone spying saga is heating up. On Friday, Rep. Ed Markey joined Sen. Al Franken in demanding answers from Carrier IQ, the company that has worked …
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Study: Funding Progressive Domestic Priorities Creates at Least 50 Percent More Jobs Than Military Spending
Facing deep spending cuts, the Department of Defense, including Secretary Leon Panetta, and military-industrial trade associations have complained that tightening the U.S. security budget will cause greater unemployment. And …
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Agent Orange on Okinawa: Buried Evidence?
A former US soldier has identified a busy neighborhood in the Okinawa town of Chatan as the burial site of dozens of barrels of the toxic defoliant Agent Orange. …
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Clear Channel to Replace San Francisco’s Only AM Progressive Talk Station With Glenn Beck and Fox
The only progressive AM radio talk station, Green960-KKGN, in one of the nation's most liberal cities, San Francisco, is being taken off the AM dial by radio behemoth Clear …
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Supreme Court to Consider the Arrest of a Cheney Critic
Washington - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether Secret Service agents protecting Vice President Dick Cheney may be sued for violating the free speech rights of …
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Obama to Echo Theodore Roosevelt in a Big Thematic Speech on Tuesday
Washington - Franklin Roosevelt had the New Deal. Harry Truman had the Fair Deal. John Kennedy had the New Frontier. Now President Barack Obama takes his stab at wrapping …
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Social Contract Unravels in Rich Countries as Widening Income Gap Favors Bankers, Executives
According to a new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, income inequality — which has sparked the Occupy Wall Street movement in the U.S. — is …
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Workers Challenge Big Food
“Farm to fork” may sound like a doctrine for foodies, but for workers in food production struggling for decent jobs, it’s an organizing goal. Workers along the …
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Anti-Abortion Groups Are Split on Legal Tactics
A widening and emotional rift over legal tactics has split the anti-abortion movement, with its longtime leaders facing a Tea Party-like insurrection from many grass-roots activists who are impatient …