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House oks Paycheck Fairness Act for female workers
August 5, 2008WASHINGTON --Turning back objections from big business and yet another veto threat from the anti-worker GOP Bush regime, the House July 31 passed the Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill designed to put some teeth into federal...
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Exhibit urges end to nuclear weapons
August 5, 2008OAKLAND, Calif. — “Nuclear-Free Future Month” was launched here Aug. 1 with the opening of a remarkable exhibit at City Hall, “Witnesses to History: Conveying the tragedy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” The month-long observance, initiated by...
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A new Cold War?
August 5, 2008Military alliances are always sold as things that produce security. In practice they tend to do the opposite. Thus, Germany formed the Triple Alliance with Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire to counter the enmity of France...
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Chicago students take a lesson from civil rights era
August 5, 2008CHICAGO – “We’re here today to voice our message for safe passage to and from school and to say we are tired of students being killed,” said 15-year-old Armando Mancilla who attends the Little Village Lawndale...
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California workers condemn Schwarzenegger wage cut
August 5, 2008SAN FRANCISCO — Union members protest the decision by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to cut the wages of over two hundred thousand state workers to the Federal minimum wage of $6.55/hour, alleging he must do so...
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