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Chicago teachers, support staff strike
October 17, 2019Despite ten months of bargaining, the sides remain far apart on restoring staffing levels decimated over the past few decades.
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Key impeachment panel chair Cummings dies at 68; Probe goes on
October 17, 2019“The Congressional Black Caucus will honor his legacy by fearlessly seeking the truth and ensuring every person in this country has the opportunity to achieve the American dream.”
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Brexit déjà vu: U.K. and EU reach “new” deal, awaits parliamentary approval
October 17, 2019The midnight oil was burning in Brussels, Belgium as Britain and the European Union finally hammered out a tentative new Brexit deal early Thursday.
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Kaiser mental health clinicians step up their fight for patient care
October 17, 2019Kaiser Permanente’s mental health clinicians throughout California are taking their years-long struggle to assure adequate care for their patients to a new level this week.
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Living and dying on the factory floor: Class and race at work
October 17, 2019David Ranney says "rather than rant at people about class and race, we should realize that when class” comes to the fore, and workers unite as a class against bosses, “racism can go away.”
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