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High Court favors Chicago Black firefighters in discrimination suit
May 26, 2010The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of 6,000 Black applicants for firefighting jobs here, adding they could proceed with a lawsuit that accuses the city of using a racially discriminatory hiring exams.
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Homeless tent cities grow in the West
May 26, 2010Ira Birkenfeld works with homeless people in Reno, Nevada.
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Racial wealth gap quadruples in 20 years
May 26, 2010Capitalism is bad for working-class people. Unregulated capitalism is even worse.
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New Haven leaders say, “Show us good jobs!”
May 26, 2010NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The need for good jobs brought New Haven community and union leaders to Mayor John DeStefano's office on May 19.
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Calif. Assembly honors Japanese American civil liberties fighter
May 26, 2010OAKLAND, Calif. - Almost seven decades after young Fred Korematsu was arrested for defying orders to relocate to an internment camp during World War II, the California Assembly last week passed a bill to recognize his Jan....
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