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Mainers rally for single-payer health care
June 3, 2009AUGUSTA, Maine -- Maine people came out May 30 in support of single-payer health care. Some 300 of them joined a rally outside the Statehouse here on a day that demonstrations for John Conyers' Medicare for...
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Card check remains on table, Senate leader of free choice battle says
June 3, 2009WASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) told the World today that he is holding onto majority sign-up as a key component of the Employee Free Choice Act, in rounds of “intense negotiations” with senators whose support...
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Immigrant rights leaders launch national campaign for reform
June 3, 2009CHICAGO — A broad coalition of Illinois immigrant rights groups, community organizations, elected officials, faith, labor and business leaders launched a Reform Immigration For America national campaign here June 1. Dozens of leaders made the announcement...
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GM bankruptcy spurs demand to reinvest in America
June 3, 2009LANSING, Mich. — The General Motors bankruptcy, announced Monday, was expected, having been predicted for weeks if not months. But the enormity of how far this once mighty giant of U.S. monopoly capitalism has fallen is...
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Change begins now, says El Salvador president
June 3, 2009San Salvador, Jun 1 (Prensa Latina) The new president of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, said today he would be loyal to the oath taken, guiding his steps by national interest and the effort to serve the...
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