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A trillion dollars for the banks: How about a second opinion?
April 7, 2009Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner wants to have the government lend up to a trillion dollars to hedge funds, private equity, funds and the banks themselves to clear their books of toxic assets. The plan implies a...
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Obama calls for partnership with the Islamic world
April 7, 2009In yet another sharp break with the way things were done during the Bush years, President Obama, speaking to the Turkish Parliament Apr. 6, declared, “The United States is not at war with Islam” and called...
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Maine Sister City celebration explores Cuba-Africa liberation links
April 7, 2009A highlight of this year’s Cuba Week celebration by the Brunswick-Trinidad (Cuba) Sister City Association was the visit of Canadian academic and Cuba activist Isaac Saney, who lectured at area colleges and previewed his documentary film,...
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Teacher union organizes three charter schools, an area-wide first
April 7, 2009CHICAGO -- In a historic step, an overwhelming majority of teachers at three area charter school campuses, joined by parents and community leaders, filed authorization cards April 3 with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board to...
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Picketers tell Bank of America, We want free choice
April 7, 2009CHICAGO -- Labor activists and Logan Square residents picketed the local branch of Bank of America, April 4, to draw attention to the bank's brazen campaign to defeat the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). Chanting “Shame...
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