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EDITORIAL: From Little Rock to Jena
September 28, 2007This week the nation observed the 50th anniversary of the struggle to integrate public schools in Little Rock, Ark. It came just one week after 50,000 protesters converged on Jena, La., to protest the criminalization of...
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EDITORIAL: The auto strike
September 28, 2007As we go to press, the United Auto Workers has called a time out in its strike against General Motors pending membership ratification of a new contract. It’s expected that the contract will be ratified quickly....
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Gulf fishermen struggle to rebuild what Katrina destroyed
September 28, 2007YSCLOSKEY, La. — In a shower of sparks, Ricky Robin was repairing hurricane damage to “Lil’ Rick,” his 56-foot steel-hulled shrimp boat, when he spotted an out-of-town reporter snapping photos. “I built her with my own...
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This Week In Labor: September 29
September 28, 2007Labor takes aim at key 2008 races The AFL-CIO executive council has approved a political budget of more than $53 million to educate, mobilize and turn out voters this year and next. The resources will be...
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Housing activists urge end to rent-hike loophole
September 28, 2007NEW YORK — The state Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) held three simultaneous hearings this week in Manhattan, White Plains and Mineola on Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s proposal to close a loophole in the housing...
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