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Report: 70 million born between 1980 and 2000 in big trouble
October 23, 2013Millennials are facing double-digit unemployment rates, low wages, mounting college costs, and crippling student-loan debt.
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Today in labor history: NAACP sends “Appeal to the World” to the UN
October 23, 2013The U.S. delegation to the UN, which included NAACP board member Eleanor Roosevelt, refused to introduce the petition.
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Today in labor history: 50th anniversary of Chicago public schools boycott
October 22, 2013On October 22, 1963, a coalition of civil rights groups organized Freedom Day, a mass boycott and demonstration against segregated schools and inadequate resources for black students.
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Voters cast mail ballots in the Evergreen State
October 22, 2013Washington State voters received their mail ballots last week, their chance to vote on I-522, a statewide ballot measure that would require labeling of all genetically engineered food.
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Train carrying oil derails, sets Alberta town ablaze
October 22, 2013A train carrying crude and petroleum derailed and caused explosions near the Canadian village of Gainford, Alberta, forcing the entire community to evacuate, and firefighters have decided they must let the resulting blaze burn itself out.
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