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Today in history: Hurricane Katrina’s pain index 10 years later
August 28, 2015When Katrina hit, the nation saw tens of thousands left behind in New Orleans. Ten years later, it looks like the same people have been left behind again.
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AFL-CIO backs legislation to curb execs’ revolving door to D.C.
August 27, 2015"Hard-working families can't afford to have the financial industry and government creating a cozy relationship that allows Wall Street to write its own rules."
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A decade after Katrina: what we’ve learned and refuse to learn
August 27, 2015A decade later, the nation has made little progress in addressing the systemic problems Hurricane Katrina laid bare.
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Dethroning fossil fuels: rise of the New Abolitionists
August 27, 2015Advocates for keeping fossil fuels in the ground are demanding of the world what this nation required of itself following the Civil War.
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ATU: “A Common-Sense Bus Safety Proposal”
August 26, 2015Putting intercity bus drivers under federal overtime pay laws would raise their pay, lower their fatigue, and cut fatal bus crashes and deaths.
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