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Obama to building trades: GOP blocking construction jobs
May 1, 2012Obama's campaign for more construction jobs comes against a continuing backdrop of high joblessness in the construction industry: 17.2% in March, more than double the national jobless rate of 8.2%.
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Do wind farms really cause global warming?
May 1, 2012If you get your news from Fox or a handful of other news outlets that are not, to be charitable, best known for their fact checking, you will be relieved to learn that wind farms do...
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In Florida, support for freedom for Puerto Rican political prisoner
May 1, 2012The Orlando chapter of the National Boricua Human Rights Network will focus on building support for freedom for political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera, who has spent 31 years in federal institutions.
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Workers say fight to save Post Office goes on
May 1, 2012By a 62-37 vote on Apr. 25, the Senate approved a modified postal "reform" bill, S1789. The battle over the future of the Postal Service now moves to the GOP-run House.
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20,000 march against Arizona’s SB 1070
April 30, 2012As part of a series of national protests against Arizona's SB 1070 law, more than 20,000 people marched here April 29 in Voces de la Frontera's annual May Day march.
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