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California ballot initiatives mostly an assault on democracy
May 4, 2010Three of five propositions on the June 8 California primary ballot are an assault on the voting rights of the people, and on their pocketbooks.
Read moreTeachers protest cuts with one-day strike
May 4, 2010OAKLAND, Calif. - Teachers staged a one-day strike April 29 in response to the school board's unilateral imposition of a contract that lays off teachers, and increases class sizes, with no pay raises.
Read moreSacramento protests “Queen Meg” with one of its own
May 4, 2010Teachers, nurses and state workers crowded around the entrance to the exclusive Sutter Club here to protest billionaire GOP candidate Meg Whitman.
Read moreNew York reclaims May Day
May 4, 2010The workers of the world united, literally, May 1 in a historic rally organized by the labor and immigrants' rights movements.
Read moreFor Haitians, first there’s God, then Cuban doctors
May 3, 2010Haitian President René Preval said, "For the Haitians first there is God and then the Cuban doctors, and it's not just me saying that ... but also the very poorest citizens."
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