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‘District 9’ — profoundly racist
October 23, 2009What D. W. Griffiths did to U.S. history in his technically magnificent but thematically racist "Birth of a Nation," Neill Blomkamp does to Africa in the profoundly racist "District 9."
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Hotel workers overwhelmingly authorize a strike
October 23, 2009With an overwhelming strike authorization vote Oct. 22, workers are ratcheting up the pressure on the city's top hotels to end their stalling, drop demands for takeaways and agree to a fair contract. Many of the...
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Labor: ‘It’s jobs, not the deficit, stupid!’
October 23, 2009"The need for massive job creation should trump fear of large federal budget deficits expressed in opinion polls," declared a top AFL-CIO analyst this week.
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First Lady urges women to talk to friends about health care
October 23, 2009Video: The White House went on the offensive on the health care debate, reaching out to women and mothers with a new video from First Lady Michelle Obama.
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The next nasty attack from the right
October 23, 2009The discussion - if one can call it that - of global warming is going to be painful, particularly if the make-Obama-fail crowd has its way.
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