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Immigrant rights movement grows in Connecticut
August 12, 2005Three years ago, people in Connecticut started talking loudly about something many believed was just a condition experienced by states bordering Mexico. Undocumented workers found themselves facing the beginning of an anti-immigrant sentiment at some state...
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What next for labor?
August 12, 2005Some of the dust has begun to settle since the serious split in labor that finally emerged at the AFL-CIO convention at the end of July. The Change to Win unions (consisting of SEIU, Teamsters and...
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Letters
August 12, 2005Bog project unwise I have been traveling through Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan this summer. Every place I have been, every place I look, we are destroying our most precious ecosystems — the bogs and wetlands. In...
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Editorial: Save Social Security from Wall Streets clutches
August 12, 2005Aug. 14 marks the 70th anniversary of Social Security — our country’s most effective anti-poverty program. But what should be a joyous celebration of the New Deal’s greatest achievement must instead be a time to step...
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From Emmett Till to Harold Washington: Arlene Brigham: foot soldier for equality
August 12, 2005CHICAGO — Arlene Brigham’s eyes still blaze when she talks about Emmett Till. At 88 years old she can still vividly recall the pain and outrage surrounding the lynching of the 14-year-old African American on Aug....
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