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Conn. labor and civil rights groups join together at M. L. King event
January 19, 2016Participants came not only to celebrate the life of Dr. King, but also to commit to building a more just and inclusive society.
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Right and left face off in Venezuelan legislature
January 15, 2016Since Maduro's United Socialist Party of Venezuela lost its majority in the Dec. 6 legislative election, its battle with right forces has entered a new stage.
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Icy times and rays of hope in Germany
January 15, 2016The influx of immigrants and asylum-seekers--over a million in 2015--has split Germany into two nearly equal halves.
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How the Oscars began as a tool for union-avoidance
January 15, 2016Everyone's heard of the Academy Awards, but few know the anti-union origins of its sponsor.
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New bombings raise tensions, repression in Turkey
January 15, 2016A suicide bombing, evidently carried out by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, killed ten German tourists in a historic square in downtown Istanbul, Turkey.
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