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Undocumented and unafraid, youth rally for immigration reform
Mar11
Hundreds of students rallied here at the Federal Plaza Wednesday in a "National Coming Out of the Shadows Day" for comprehensive immigration reform.
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"Arrest insurance execs for criminal activity," health care supporters demand
Mar10
Some 5,000 activists demanding "Health Care Now!" descended on the nation's capital March 9 to call for the arrest of the nation's leading health insurance executives.
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Chicago students walkout to protest sports cuts
Mar11
Hundreds of high school students walked out of classes across the city March 10 to protest elimination of junior varsity sports programs.
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HomeGoods /TJX workers rally for union contract
Mar11
Hundreds of HomeGoods / TJX workers with their families and supporters rallied at the company's distribution center here on March 10 to demand a fair contract to improve wages and health insurance benefits.
Tired of margarine, janitors demand health care as their “butter”
Detroit janitors fight foraffordable health care as key contract issue. " I'm tired of Parkay, I want butter too."
New report cites “explosion” of radical right groups
Last year saw an "explosion" of extremist groups and activism across the U.S., the Southern Poverty Law Center says in a new report, "Rage on the Right: The Year in...
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Labor, allies line up behind new House jobs bill
Just 24 hours after the new Local Jobs for America Act was introduced into Congress by Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., unions and their allies are lining...
Oakland residents demand action vs. banks
OAKLAND, Calif. - Fighting back tears, anger in his voice, Al Marshall recounted how his "kids were crying when the judgment came down" to abandon the home in which they...
Michigan Rep. challenged for stance on health reform
The national health care reform debate took a new turn this week when a northern Michigan Democrat announced her intention to challenge Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich, for his seat.
Resetting U.S.-Cuba relations and the Cuban 5
Recent vindictive U.S. actions in the case of the Cuban 5 raise the question: what is holding back a change in the unconstructive policy of blockade and hostility toward Cuba?
