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Obama, grassroots groups move to protect consumers from Wall Street
June 18, 2009WASHINGTON — Condemning Wall Street’s “culture of irresponsibility” that plunged the nation into the worst economic crisis in 80 years, President Obama unveiled a sweeping plan June 17 to strengthen bank regulation and protect consumers from...
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Thousands rally for Congress Hotel workers in 6-year battle
June 18, 2009CHICAGO — Marking the nation’s longest running strike, thousands of trade unionists, community activists and elected officials marched in a picket line stretching solidly around the Congress Hotel here, June 15, to demonstrate their unwavering solidarity...
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EDITORIAL Iran in crisis
June 18, 2009Iran’s clerical rulers are maneuvering to contain and suppress massive protests that continue to rock that country. This unprecedented mass uprising was sparked by outrage over the government’s rush to declare Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the absolute winner...
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New study calls for action on rising hate crimes
June 18, 2009Leaders of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) held a June 16 conference call to release a new report called, “Confronting the New Faces of Hate Crimes in America.” “Last...
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Economists, small business owners say health reform key to economic revival
June 18, 2009The idea that the US can't afford comprehensive health care reform during a recession, as pushed by some opponents of President Obama's call for reform this year, is flat out wrong, said a statement signed by...
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