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Republicans drop “forcible rape” but war on women continues
February 8, 2011Republicans have backed off their effort to redefine rape as "forcible rape" (is there another kind?) but they have not given up their war on women's reproductive rights.
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Union happy with new Obama crackdown on mine owners
February 8, 2011Mine workers welcome Obama's plan to make it easier in cracking down on coal companies that are constant safety violators. However specific rules need to be enforced in order to further erode the systemic problem, unions...
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Economists paint bleak picture of Great Recession aftermath
February 8, 2011A total of one out of every six workers are un- or underemployed.
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Anti-immigrant laws are problem, not solution, study shows
February 7, 2011A new study shows that "enforcement only" strategies are likely to cause large scale suffering and disruption rather than solve the undocumented immigration problem.
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Governing party candidate excluded in Haiti runoff elections
February 7, 2011Under intense international pressure, Haiti's election board has announced that it is excluding Jude Celestin, candidate of President Rene Preval's INTE Party, from runoff presidential elections scheduled for March 20.
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