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Sept. 11, 2001 archives: Facing the future from Ground Zero
September 11, 2013On street corners and doorsteps in neighborhoods around Manhattan burning candles stand as small monuments to hope and peace. Tens of thousands have participated in candlelight vigils. It's a city coming to terms with one of...
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Opposition grows against Syrian bombing as breakthrough emerges
September 10, 2013A steady blare of horns honking greeted dozens of demonstrators holding signs aloft opposing U.S. military action in Syria at a Chicago neighborhood vigil Sept. 9.
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The real scientific uncertainties about climate change
September 10, 2013The real debates are about whether climate change will be catastrophic within years or within decades, and about whether or not we have already passed crucial environmental tipping points.
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Immigration reform fight continues amid Syria debate
September 10, 2013The question now is whether the Syria situation and the threat of a new partisan war over the debt ceiling will derail immigration reform efforts.
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Labor’s house opens door wide: Let’s work together
September 10, 2013Envisioning a common cause coalition powerful enough to defeat the stranglehold of "entrenched corporate interests," Richard Trumka announced an agenda that would include many democratic goals.
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