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Health workers strike for safe staffing, job security
November 1, 2008Bright purple tee-shirts filled the plaza at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, as striking health care workers gathered to demand the highly profitable company improve staffing levels, stop contracting work out and drop proposed takeaways in...
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OPINION: The coming landslide
November 1, 2008Barack Obama has correctly reminded his supporters and staff not to get cocky, to remember the lessons of his New Hampshire primary loss. Nothing can be taken for granted, especially in the era of Republican voter...
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Upset could shift Empire State politics
November 1, 2008QUEENS, N.Y. — A major shift in the politics of New York state may be under way, and a local state senate race here may play a big part. The race, in New York’s 15th State...
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Letters: November 1, 2008
November 1, 2008Redistribution? That’s capitalism! John McCain and Sarah Palin are giving socialism a bad name! They describe socialism as a system to redistribute the wealth. Give me a break! It’s capitalism that has redistributed more wealth than...
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EDITORIAL: Reclaiming our country
November 1, 2008The United States now stands at one of the most significant crossroads in our history. The choice before voters on Nov. 4 is crystal clear: Continue the catastrophic slide of the last eight years into the...
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