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Lawmakers: recession already here for millions
January 25, 2008WASHINGTON — Lawmakers stood on the Senate and House floor this week and decried hunger and homelessness spreading like a plague among their constituents as the nation plunges toward economic recession. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) told...
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Gov. takes meat-ax to health care in Calif.
January 25, 2008Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget cuts not only slash state spending for health care but also imperil federal matching funds for Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program serving millions of the poorest Californians, health care advocates say....
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World notes: Jan. 26
January 25, 2008Belgium: European Roma suffer persecution Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven, member of the European Parliament (EP), charged Jan. 16 that the European Commission has failed the Roma people by failing to implement anti-discrimination measures passed in April 2005....
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To honor Dr. King, a new call to action
January 25, 2008Memphis 1968 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two workers, sheltering themselves from a cold, torrential downpour in this Mississippi River port, were chewed up like trash in the back of a malfunctioning garbage truck. Thus began, in 1968,...
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To fix economy, put working class first
January 25, 2008While stock markets plunge and panic spreads in financial circles, what happens when the economy goes into recession?
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