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A life in organizing, an interview with Stewart Acuff
August 30, 2012A key voice in the design of the Employee Free Choice Act, Acuff spoke about how much change the very modest improvements in labor law the bill would bring, with his signature faith in working people.
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Ryan perfects the Big Lie
August 30, 2012At his party's convention in Tampa last night GOP Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan rolled out, Orwellian-style, what just might be the biggest lie yet in the 2012 election campaign.
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Britain: Disabled target Atos on eve of Paralympics
August 30, 2012The Paralympic Games' slogan is "inspire a generation" but life under Atos is killing us, disability campaigners warned today in a desperate plea to end its "tick-box tests."
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Hurricane Isaac stalls over Big Easy
August 29, 2012Hurricane Isaac crawled slowly inland, leaving people stranded in cars and in homes under more than 12 feet of water.
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New Jersey Governor targets workers and unions in RNC talk
August 29, 2012Chris Christie, in his keynote address at the RNC, offered no solutions to the economic crisis and instead bashed both workers and their unions.
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