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Spain’s King Juan Carlos: Let them eat elephant?
April 20, 2012King Juan Carlos of Spain goes on an elephant safari while Spaniards go without basic necessities. Could such royal conspicuous consumption happen in America?
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LA-Long Beach port truck drivers win important victory
April 19, 2012Employee drivers at Toll Group logistics company in southern California last week became one of the few groups of port truck drivers to become unionized.
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Britain’s crimes of empire revealed
April 19, 2012The government belatedly released secret files dating back to British colonial rule in Kenya, Malaya and elsewhere that were once claimed to have been lost.
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Protesters charge Bank of America received $1.9 billion tax refund
April 19, 2012St. Louis protesters against tax dodgers say Bank of America made $4.4 billion in profits last year and paid no taxes -- they got a $1.9 billion refund!
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Renewed push to legally ban racial profiling
April 19, 2012In an April 17 Senate hearing, union groups joined civil rights, community and faith-based organizations in a renewed push to legally ban racial profiling by law enforcers.
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