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Congrats, graduates! Here’s your diploma and debt
April 25, 2017Grads begin their work lives with damaged credit and greater economic vulnerability. The only winners are the predatory loan servicing agencies.
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Illinois bill would “claw back” subsidies from companies who leave
April 25, 2017Without “claw back clauses,” companies can take the money and run.”
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Red Cross blood workers choose Teamsters
April 25, 2017Mobile and fixed site units now have strong representation.
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This week in history: Coretta Scott King born in 1927
April 25, 2017Coretta Scott King was an author, activist, and civil rights leader in her own right, and the mother of four children. In her early life, she was an accomplished singer, and she often incorporated music into...
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Today in eco-history: Dirty coal killed 45 Virginians
April 24, 2017In the early morning hours of April 24, 1938, 25 more bodies were carried out of the Red Jacket Mine in Keen Mountain, Virginia, then down the mountain and into an identification center that was set...
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