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NFL players make strong defense of LGBT equality
September 14, 2012Many athletes have publicly stated their support for having LGBT players as their teammates, and some have supported marriage equality efforts.
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Faith leaders condemn far right Values summit
September 14, 2012Catholic, Protestant and Jewish leaders, in a hastily called press conference, spoke out today against the Ryan budget.
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Hoffa holds tea party responsible for “tremendous war on workers”
September 14, 2012The tea party has taken over the Republican Party and produced "craziness" there and is responsible for the "tremendous war on workers" now being waged nationwide, Teamsters President James Hoffa says.
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Behind the inflammatory video, a vast right-wing network
September 14, 2012The anti-Islam video linked to the September 11 killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya originated in a web of U.S. right-wing extremists.
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Workers for Walmart subcontractor forced to strike over warehouse conditions
September 14, 2012The strike followed years of lousy working conditions -- including 100-degree-plus interior temperatures -- and management refusal to even meet with them on the problems, much less listen.
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