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2012 hottest U.S. year ever, warming and wildfires continue
January 9, 20132012 - a year marked by droughts, brushfires, and crop damage, was the hottest year on record for the lower 48 U.S. states.
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Today in Labor History: Tenant farmers sit down in highway
January 9, 2013On this day in 1939, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union led 1,700 farm families in the Missouri Highway Sit-down.
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Trumka: “Stand up to the bullies in Congress!”
January 9, 2013AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka warns that "the right-wing bullies in Congress are plotting to take their next hostage."
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Republicans take the “Walk of Shame” in Michigan
January 9, 2013Before they were sworn in this morning, legislators got an earful as they approached the Capitol.
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What the right wing has in mind for the states
January 9, 2013While government in Washington, D.C., remains divided and marked by long-term gridlock, governments in the states are much less divided.
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