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  • In Israel, democratic rights in peril

    In Israel, democratic rights in peril

    May 29, 2009

    The Israeli government this week took a new step to suppress democratic rights in Israel. The government has approved a bill banning all commemoration of the Palestinian Nakba of 1948, under penalty of imprisonment. [Nakba -...

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  • U.S. a center-left nation, progressive leaders say

    U.S. a center-left nation, progressive leaders say

    May 28, 2009

    WASHINGTON — Progressive leaders today released a new report showing that, on most issues, across the nation moderates line up with liberals, not conservatives. Rock the Vote executive director Heather Smith and Women’ Voices, Women’s Votes...

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  • Anti-union, anti-gov’t group takes aim at public health plan

    Anti-union, anti-gov’t group takes aim at public health plan

    May 28, 2009 By Susan Webb

    It doesn’t take much scratching beneath the surface of the web site “Patients United Now” to see its anti-union, far-right roots.

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  • Activists vow struggle after Prop. 8 ruling

    Activists vow struggle after Prop. 8 ruling

    May 28, 2009

    The California State Supreme Court's decision to uphold a referendum banning gay marriage and creating a segregated category for civil unions earned a sharp rebuke this week from civil rights organizations. In the case of Strauss...

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  • Baseball fans celebrate Sotomayor

    Baseball fans celebrate Sotomayor

    May 28, 2009

    New York City sports pages are now aglow with the 1994-95 decision by federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor that imposed an injunction on the Major League Baseball owners, which stopped them from imposing their own labor rules...

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