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House GOP draining $600 million a week from economy
January 7, 2014"It is fiscally irresponsible not to extend unemployment benefits. The long-run cost to the taxpayers will be much higher from disconnecting people from the labor market."
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Yellen confirmed as Federal Reserve chief
January 7, 2014"We applaud President Obama and the Senate for making sure the most talented and experienced person takes over," said AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka.
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Declare yourself #IdleNoMore
January 7, 2014Idle No More has grown to become much more than just a slogan for a movement on environmental and Indigenous rights.
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“Opposing Jim Crow”: How African Americans helped shape Soviet antiracism
January 7, 2014"Opposing Jim Crow: African Americans and the Soviet Indictment of U.S. Racism, 1928-1937" critically investigates what she calls "Soviet antiracism."
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“Philomena:” heartbreak, fortitude, and search for closure
January 7, 2014It's something of a "buddy movie," one of many where two people with great dissimilarities are teamed together in some common objective over which they have no agreement.
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