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Land of Day Laborers, Farm Workers and Guest Workers
Oceanside, California - In Oceanside, Carlsbad, Del Mar and north San Diego County, immigrant day laborers wait by the side of the road, hoping a contractor will stop and …
Ten Suicides a Month at Ft. Hood
Phoenix, Arizona - While investigators probe for a motive behind the mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas last Thursday, in which an army psychiatrist …
Labor Antiwar Group Refocuses on Afghanistan
According to US Labor Against the War, the money spent in Iraq and Afghanistan could have paid for a year's worth of health care for 140 million people …
Blowback: The GOP Discovers That the Grassroots Bites Back
Sometimes it's not wisdom of the crowds, it's Madness of the crowds. What happens when a top-down organization which has exploited the grassroots finds that the grassroots won't take …
Education Reform: Wrong Diagnosis, So Wrong Cure
Sooner or later, a reluctant Congress is going to have to do something about replacing No Child Left Behind. If senators and representatives will listen, they'll learn …
Study: 2,266 Veterans Died Due to Lack of Insurance in 2008
More than 2,200 veterans under the age of 65 died last year due to lack of health insurance, according to a study out of Harvard Medical School released today. …
The Endless Censoring of Labor
Did you know about the Bush administration's rotten treatment of the air traffic controllers whose work is essential to air safety? That controllers were forced to work …
North and South Korean Navies Clash in Border Dispute
According to press reports, a North Korean patrol boat crossed into South Korean waters at 11:27 am local time. A South Korean vessel repeatedly warned the North Korean boat …
Hotel Workers Strike the San Francisco Grand Hyatt
San Francisco, California, November 6, 2009 - The first of what may be many strikes hit San Francisco's Class A hotels when workers launched a 3-day strike against the …
The Lessons of the Berlin Wall
Modern-day American border guard Shawn Carter works for the Chicago Transit Authority. His first morning of work at the Western Brown Line El station, a …