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Former ruling party gains in Mexico elections
July 9, 2009In Sunday’s congressional and gubernatorial elections in Mexico, the big winner was the formerly ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which with its ally, the Green Party (PVEM) (a rather conservative party not in good standing with...
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Illinois budget crisis fuels demand for progressive income tax
July 9, 2009CHICAGO -– As Illinois entered its second week without a budget, Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed the state operating budget passed by the state legislature, sending the budget process into further chaos. The Democratic governor and Democratic...
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George Fishman, a life with a purpose
July 9, 2009George M. Fishman, lifelong working class scholar, teacher and activist, passed away peacefully at his New Haven, Conn., home on June 30, at age 92. He was a stalwart champion of quality public education for all...
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Faulty signal system may be source of DC Metro crash
July 8, 2009The National Transportation Safety Board has not yet finished its investigation of the crash on the DC Metro which killed 9 people on June 22. But the outlines of a possible explanation are emerging. The crash...
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COMMENTARY A coup is a coup is a coup is a coup
July 8, 2009The pre-Neanderthal characters who have taken control, at gunpoint, of the government of Honduras are telling us that this was not a coup d’etat, but an orderly legal proceeding against a president who had violated the...
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