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Unfazed by Glenn Beck, silent majority turning out to back health reform
August 28, 2009You wouldn't know it from the sensation-hungry commercial media and the right-wing pundits, but supporters of health care reform and a public option are turning out at vigils, rallies and town hall events across the country.
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Immigrant workers demand back wages from NBC Contractors
August 28, 2009HAYWARD, Calif. - "When I heard about NBC Contractors denying workers their rights and the pay they deserve, I thought about my father, and the struggles he went through when he emigrated from China 25 years...
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Political prisoner Leonard Peltier denied parole
August 28, 2009Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) Leonard Peltier, 64, was again denied parole in a recent hearing by the U.S. Parole Commission. Peltier, who was convicted of killing two FBI agents...
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Big-money consultants fight to kill EFCA, health care
August 28, 2009Behind the wide and well-funded disinformation campaign against pro-worker policies like the Employee Free Choice Act is a network of corporate funders and high-priced lobbying firms, aimed at distracting and confusing the public and the press...
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Rights coalition calls for end to immigrant arrest program
August 28, 2009More than 500 immigrants’ rights and social justice organizations have sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking that he stop a controversial program whereby state and local police are allowed to participate in immigration enforcement...
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