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Miners’ protest against Peabody continues despite settlement
August 13, 2013The union is continuing its fight for retired miners and their families in the courts, in Congress and through community action.
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Counseling center shutdown teaches important health care lessons
August 13, 2013A right-wing governor has used an unreliable study and nonexistent federal requirements to replace local, community-based, nonprofit health care providers with out-of-state for-profit companies.
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Rosanell Eaton, 92, sues North Carolina for taking her vote
August 13, 2013By signing the new law, the Republican governor replaced one of the best voting laws in the country with one that is arguably now the worst.
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Arizona mural dramatizes killings by border agents
August 13, 2013"Mother Demands Justice" was the theme of a press conference and protest at the unveiling of a large public mural in downtown Tucson commemorating the murder of a Mexican teen.
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Today in labor history: Seattle Post-Intelligencer strike takes place
August 13, 2013The Post-Intelligencer is owned by the Hearst Corporation, which, at the time, was notorious for anti-unionism and anti-communism.
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