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Latino leaders: “Hands off Social Security!”
January 21, 2011Organization representing more than 50 million Latinos are joining forces to defend Social Security.
Read moreFood stamp use jumps to record rates in Illinois
January 20, 2011In Illinois, the number of families in need of food assistance has jumped nearly 13 percent, creating not just a political or economic issue, but a moral one.
Read moreMichigan governor goes down old, no-solution path
January 20, 2011Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State address last night showed that his drive to "reinvent" Michigan is neither new nor a balm for this crisis-weary state.
Read moreSingle payer still alive in California
January 20, 2011Single payer legislation has passed the California legislature three times already, but was vetoed each time. Now activists hope the fourth time will be a charm.
Read moreTrumka: State of the Union must be a call to action on jobs
January 19, 2011AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka urged President Obama to make next week’s State of the Union Address a “call to action, a call to invest in our future, to create jobs, to be the country we can...
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