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Steel job layoffs highlight need for new trade, infrastructure policies
April 1, 2016Over the past year, U.S. Steel has announced hundreds of layoffs in its workforce across the country.
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Labor ally Donna Edwards leading in Maryland Senate race
April 1, 2016Spring came early in Maryland this year - the pollen count is sky high, a G.I. flu has broken out, and there is a red hot election going on.
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Catholics and Evangelicals not voting as blocs in 2016 elections
April 1, 2016The 2016 presidential campaign has revealed previously submerged splits within two major groups of religiously oriented voters.
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Thousands out on the picket lines at Chicago schools today
April 1, 2016Teachers picketed outside all of the public schools in Chicago's Hyde Park section this morning.
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Progressive budget for Illinois would make the super-rich pay
March 31, 2016Two documents on budget priorities and governing presented in recent weeks stress helping everyday people instead of the rich.
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