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Join the UFCW in celebrating Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
June 14, 2009Original source: In June of 2000, Bill Clinton deemed the month of June “Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.” The month was chosen to remember the Stonewall riots in 1969 in Manhattan. Instead of backing down to...
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COMMENTARY A Coup in Albany
June 14, 2009The mess in the New York State Senate would make for a relatively enjoyable reality show—if the living standards of so many New Yorkers weren’t put at stake. The actions of Sens. Pedro Espada, D-Bronx, and...
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Try paying for your dialysis with 50 shares of bankrupt auto stock
June 14, 2009Once upon a time, when a company went bankrupt, everyone took a hit: workers lost wages, stockholders got killed and the creditors got only tiny bits of what was left. The law guaranteed that it would...
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President Obama pledges to sign tobacco bill
June 13, 2009In remarks from the White House lawn June 12 President Obama welcomed the passage of a bill in Congress this week that will impose strong regulations on tobacco products, and he signaled his intention to sign...
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Women’s movement in Iran’s presidential elections
June 13, 2009The ancient country of Iran in the last two centuries has witnessed many internal and regional political crises. The major internal political events in the last 150 years include the attack by Tsarist Russia on Iran,...
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