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Labor joins in Frankens long-awaited victory party
July 3, 2009ST. PAUL -(Workday Minnesota) U.S. Senator Al Franken and his supporters gathered Wednesday on the steps of the state Capitol in St. Paul to celebrate the close of a difficult election process. “How many senators does...
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Study finds workplace immigration raids unlawful
July 3, 2009Original source: In the early morning hours of December 12, 2006, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swept into Swift & Co. meatpacking plants in six states, rounding up detaining thousands of workers in one of the...
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Swift Senate passage of hate crimes bill urged
July 3, 2009Original source: Though the House of Representatives passed the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act three months ago, the Senate has yet to take action on the bill. Last week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder...
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U.N. revisits U.S. policies on racial profiling
July 3, 2009UNITED NATIONS, Jul 1 (IPS) - Millions of U.S. citizens continue to face discrimination at the hands of police and other law enforcement agencies just because they are not white, although the country's new leader in...
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Israeli troops seize aid ship
July 2, 2009Original source: Israeli commandos have seized the crew of a ship carrying aid to Gaza and forced the vessel to sail to an Israeli port. The Israeli military said that it had boarded The Spirit of...
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