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Documents reveal sexual assaults in military a growing epidemic
May 8, 2013Up to 26,000 military members may have been sexually assaulted last year, according to a troubling new estimate, which comes just days after the Air Force's head of sexual assault prevention was arrested for groping a...
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Job-related deaths average 150 per day, report says
May 8, 2013In 1970, Congress enacted the Occupational Safety and Health Act, promising workers in this country the right to a safe job. Since that time, workplace safety has improved.
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Quakers unite, and inspire, on gun violence
May 8, 2013The Religious Society of Friends, known as Quakers, have an expression called "holding in the light..."
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Today in labor history: The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters founded
May 8, 2013Representing the Pullman Porters, the Brotherhood was the first African-American labor union to sign a collective bargaining agreement with a major U.S. corporation.
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Only one place to cut: Pentagon
May 8, 2013There is a smart, good, and doable solution. We must move the money to invest in programs that will create jobs and turn the economy around.
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