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Illinois election battles heat up
January 14, 2010CHICAGO - The 2010 election year has shifted into turbo drive here. Illinois looks to be a key national battleground where the labor-led all people's coalition faces a stiff challenge to consolidate the defeat of the...
Read moreLawmakers urge U.S. action on Gaza crisis
January 14, 2010Two members of Congress are asking colleagues to sign on to a letter to President Obama urging him to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Read moreCalifornians rally for state single-payer health system
January 13, 2010Californians rally and lobby for a statewide single-payer health care system.
Read moreRite Aid workers fight for first contract
January 13, 2010When it comes to union busting, the retail drug giant Rite Aid is the "poster child" for why we need the Employee Free Choice Act, says Peter Olney, organizing director for the International Longshore and Warehouse...
Read moreChallenging anti-government ideas
January 13, 2010We need to show that the American people through their struggles have established the basic institutions of democratic society including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Postal Service, the VA, public schools and libraries, and much more....
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