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Rep. Steve King’s idiot remarks are serious problem
July 26, 2013The comments of Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, which stereotype undocumented immigrants as drug smugglers, have embarrassed his own Republican Party, yet are part of a larger anti-immigrant, racist agenda.
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Unions scramble to aid victims in Detroit bankruptcy filing
July 26, 2013WASHINGTON - Union leaders, both in Detroit and nationally, blasted the decision of Detroit's state-appointed financial czar to file for bankruptcy for the 750,000-person Motor City, even as they scrambled to try to help their members...
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Immigration reform lifts up all workers, says civil rights leader
July 26, 2013WASHINGTON - A top civil rights leader has restated the value of comprehensive immigration reform to all U.S. workers, documented and undocumented.
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Mapuche people see progress on political demands
July 26, 2013The Mapuche people are the main Native American ethnic group in Chile. They are carrying out a multi-faceted struggle to regain and expand rights lost under the Pinochet dictatorship.
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Japanese Communists may emerge as main opposition to “Abenomics”
July 26, 2013International headlines have trumpeted Prime Minister Abe Shinzo's decisive win in Japan's upper house election July 21, but the election results indicate the potential defeat of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's economic and constitutional agenda.
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