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25,000 Ohioans sign to “protect, preserve” Social Security
December 7, 2010Dozens of senior activists rallied at the Cleveland AFL-CIO headquarters Monday to "Protect, Preserve and Pass Along Social Security and Medicare" and to "protest the continuing assault on retirees."
Read moreFormer FBI agent warns of government spying abuse
December 7, 2010Surveillance policies of the FBI and other domestic intelligence agencies are "totally un-American and against the values Americans hold dear," said former undercover agent Michael German.
Read moreAppeals court hears California marriage equality case
December 7, 2010The effort to overturn Prop. 8, California's ballot initiative barring same-sex marriage, reached a new milestone Dec. 6 on its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, as a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of...
Read moreDolores Huerta joins fast for DREAM Act
December 6, 2010Sixteen people on hunger strike, and supporters around the country, are continuing to push for passage of the DREAM Act.
Read moreActivists rally for jobs and benefits in Chicago
December 6, 2010Dozens braved the cold here Dec. 3, to rally at Federal Plaza urging U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and his GOP colleagues in Washington to extend unemployment benefits for millions nationwide and fund programs that create...
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