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Romney presses gun rights but not women’s rights
October 18, 2012Mitt Romney's website lists 26 issues on which you can "learn more about Mitt." The list includes gun rights, but not women's rights.
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Today in labor history: African American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery
October 18, 2012On October 18, 1775, Phillis Wheatley - the first African-American poet and the first to publish a book - was freed from slavery. She was sold into slavery during childhood and transported from West Africa to...
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Debate showed “powerful contrasts” between Obama and Romney
October 17, 2012President Barack Obama had the last word in yesterday's presidential debate, and it was the one his supporters longed to hear, and his opponent longs to forget: 47 percent.
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Outsourced Bain workers describe life in Romney’s America
October 17, 2012GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is utterly disconnected from workers in America.
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Health care workers campaign In New Hampshire
October 17, 2012Determined to re-elect President Barack Obama, health care workers from across Connecticut took a break from their own close senate race.
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