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‘Health care or food?’
Nov21
"The company wants to make us pay $350 a month for our family health care; for me that would mean a 10 percent wage cut."
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10 years after the ‘Battle in Seattle’
Nov20
SEATTLE (PAI)—Ten years ago on Nov. 30, 1999, 50,000 people protested a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle.
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Rome Food Summit is a flop
Nov20
There was little good news for the world's billion hungry people at the UN World Food Organization (FAO) Summit held November 16 - 18 in Rome.
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NAACP, labor demand bold action on jobs
Nov17
WASHINGTON - The nation's top labor, civil rights and community leaders joined forces here today and put forward a bold program they say is needed to create millions of new jobs and to lift the economy from the depths of the recession.
Why an Afghan surge will fail
Before buying into an escalataion strategy, the Obama administration should spend some time examining the August 12 battle of Dananeh.
India farmers stop price freeze on sugar cane
NEW DELHI- Over 12,000 sugarcane farmers demonstrated in New Delhi on Thursday (Nov. 19) to demand higher prices for their crop.
Students occupy university building to protest fee hikes
Students occupied Wheeler Hall on the University of California campus in Berkeley, protesting a decision by university regents to raise fees.
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House hearing debates Cuba travel
A bill to end the Cuba travel ban got a lively debate in a House committee last week.
Copenhagen or bust?
Much sheer speculation has been written about the upcoming Copenhagen climate negotiations, and we will see much more over the next few weeks. What is this conference about?
Senate to move forward on health reform debate
Debate on a new Senate health care bill released by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Nov. 18 is set to begin later this week.
U.S. students win ‘new day’ for Honduran workers
In a big victory for a U.S. student campaign, Russell Athletics, the largest supplier of team uniforms and apparel, agreed to reopen a Honduran factory that it shut down after...
