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Prop. 8 passage mars election joy
November 14, 2008OAKLAND, Calif. — Statewide protests against Proposition 8, a ballot measure approved by voters last week banning same-sex marriage in California, continued into their second week here, and marriage equality activists vowed to fight it out...
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It aint over til its over
November 14, 2008Georgia unions work to elect Democrat in Dec. 2 Senate runoff The Georgia AFL-CIO has plunged into the fight to oust Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss and elect Vietnam veteran Jim Martin, a liberal pro-labor Democrat, in...
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Voters back union rights
November 14, 2008Progressive mandate includes Employee Free Choice ActOn Nov. 4 voters rejected an anti-union big business campaign against the Employee Free Choice Act and elected candidates who support the bill. The labor law reform measure is at...
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10 truisms of capitalism from the mouths of robber barons
November 13, 2008The callousness and greed of today’s bankers, financiers and corporate CEOs calls to mind the 19th century robber barons. Here’s a relevant sample of classic statements made by some of the worst U.S. capitalists in history.
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With Obama election, Fido asks: Can I get a bone?
November 13, 2008Hi all, I'm Fido, a friendly mutt from Chi-town. First things first: I wanna give a big bark out to all my dawgs up in the Animal Care and Control facility — they can't keep us...
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