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Mortgage agreement: a small step forward
February 13, 2012Housing, labor, and civil rights advocates and elected officials are giving a thumbs up to the accord reached between 49 state attorneys general and banks involved in the mortgage crisis.
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The 99% rally outside DC gathering of the 1%
February 13, 2012More than 1,200 labor and community activists turned out in force at a boisterous rally Friday outside the Conservative Political Action Conference.
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Senate hopeful Hoekstra slammed for racist Super Bowl ad
February 13, 2012Racism and far-right politics go hand-in-hand. With Michigan Senate hopeful Pete Hoekstra's Super Bowl ad, the whole nation got to see it for themselves.
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Ballad for the Occupation: interview with Spencer Livingston
February 13, 2012Spencer Livingston's "Occupy Wall Street" is a mellow, melodic meditation on the feelings of economic injustice that sparked the movement.
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Opposition grows to GOP schools proposal
February 13, 2012The National Education Association and a wide range of other organizations are opposing the proposal by the House's ruling Republicans to rewrite federal education law and school aid.
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