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Venezuela: Helicopter attack a failed coup attempt?
June 29, 2017In what was either a paltry attempt at a coup or a terrorist incident, Venezuela's Supreme Court was the target of a helicopter-launched grenade attack.
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Indigenous Oaxacan farm workers win themselves a union in the Pacific Northwest
June 28, 2017”That’s the priority-to raise our living standards. We know the contract will change our lives. Now, if we make a little more, our children will have other possibilities."
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Republicans squabble over prevailing wage law
June 28, 2017“If all 25 states with prevailing wage laws today weakened or outright repealed their statutes, an additional 99,000 blue-collar construction workers would see their incomes fall below the poverty level," said the National Association of Building...
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Cuomoville, paid for by developers
June 28, 2017A coalition of tenant organizations marched June 14th from the New York Public Library to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s NYC office where they camped outside for three days. They called their encampment Cuomoville.
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Civil rights groups react to Muslim Ban partial reinstatement
June 28, 2017The Supreme Court partially reinstated Donald Trump’s executive order which bans people from 6 majority Muslim nations from traveling to the United States.
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