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Sicko energizes health care debate
June 22, 2007Even before it officially opens in thousands of theaters across the country on June 29, Michael Moore’s latest documentary “Sicko” is already impacting the national health care debate. Over 1,000 nurses and supporters braved sweltering heat...
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Labor applies Capitol Hill heat for worker rights
June 22, 2007WASHINGTON — No matter how hot and sweaty it got here June 19, support for the Employee Free Choice Act was hotter. Some 3,000 union members and allies rallied on Capitol Hill for the most radical...
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This strike belongs to all who believe in justice!
June 22, 2007CHICAGO — Four years after 150 employees walked off the job at the historic Congress Plaza Hotel to protest cuts in wages and health benefits, workers continue to picket, saying they are holding out for a...
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Gaza crisis tied to Israeli-U.S. policy
June 22, 2007With the crisis unfolding in Gaza and the West Bank, a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis is in jeopardy, Palestinian and Israeli progressives fear.
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Finish the job: take America back from GOP
June 22, 20073,000 activists hear call to ‘clear the way for a progressive agenda’ WASHINGTON — Fired up by victory over the Republican right in last November’s election, 3,000 progressives at a “Take Back America” conference cheered as...
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