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Edward Snowden holds Twitter Q&A session
January 24, 2014Whistleblower Edward Snowden took questions from Twitter users on Jan. 23, tackling queries about civil liberties, whether all spying is inherently wrong, and more.
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Hollywood doesn’t recognize complexity of black life
January 24, 2014This should have been the year that black directors dominated the Oscars.
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Union membership rises by 162k, workforce share unchanged
January 24, 2014Union membership in the U.S. rose by 162,000 in 2013, to 14.528 million, the Bureau of Labor Statistics calculated, but the union share of the nation's workers stayed unchanged at 11.3 percent.
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In Okinawa, anti-base mayor’s re-election sends a message
January 24, 2014In Okinawa's Nago City mayoral election, which centered on the plan to construct a new U.S. military base in the city, anti-base incumbent Inamine Susumu won with a wide margin.
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GE closing upstate NY plant, betraying workers, community
January 23, 2014Despite 17 bargaining sessions over a 60-day period, GE has decided to shutter its 75-year-old plant in Fort Edward, New York.
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