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Paris Hatcher, Walter Mosley and Tornados in Alabama
As you probably know, the House just passed H.R. 3, and to comment on the ongoing attacks on reproductive rights - and the lie that is "the culture of …

Richard Trumka: Fight, Mobilize, Educate Workers
In Massachusetts, a Democratic state legislature voted to take away public workers' right to collectively bargain over health care, in what Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, calls "A …

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Who Is Obama? Now We Know
Washington - Barack Obama is not the man many Americans thought he was. This sudden realization has transformed American politics. The sheer audacity of the successful operation …

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California Assembly Committee Passes Bill to Require Labels on Frankenfish
The California Assembly Health Committee in Sacramento on May 3 approved a bill requiring that all GE salmon sold in California contain clear and prominent labeling. Assemblymember …

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How to Fight Fracking and Win (2)
When Jen Slotterback found a well pad stake in a local park, she realized the forest would soon be taken over by a natural gas drilling—and the controversial process …

Weapons That Will Never Die: We Need to Stop the Expensive Reincarnations
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The International Assault on Labor
The state-corporate war against unions has recently extended to the public sector.

Obama Says He Won’t Release Photos of Bin Laden’s Corpse
Washington - President Obama has decided not to release photographs of Osama bin Laden’s body, CBS News reported on Wednesday. Mr. Obama said he concluded that images of Bin …

Beyond the Medicare Fight: GOP, Centrists Targeting Medicaid
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, speaks to reporters in Washington on Wednesday, April 1, 2009. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York …