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What to know about your voting rights
October 3, 2008Are you registered to vote? Where should you vote? Do you need ID? Should you vote early? How do you protect your rights? Voter rights groups nationwide are answering these questions in a massive effort aimed...
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Joblessness soars, income drops, manufacturing shrinks, govt reports
October 3, 2008First time applications for unemployment benefits skyrocketed to a seven year high in September as more workers lost their jobs in an economy that John McCain described, only two weeks ago, as “basically sound.” Initial jobless...
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WORLD NOTES: October 4
October 3, 2008Venezuela: Human Rights Watch official expelled Accusing Jose Miguel Vivanco of visiting Venezuela to sow confusion, the government expelled the head of the Americas section of Human Rights Watch on Sept. 18. HRW recently issued a...
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Black Caucus: Predatory lending caused meltdown
October 3, 2008WASHINGTON — “A crisis of credit, housing and jobs” is confronting the country today, warned Marc Morial, president of the Urban League, at a Congressional Black Caucus town hall meeting here Sept. 25. Headlined “Foreclosure Crisis:...
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Billy Bragg sounds off on Wall Street mess
October 3, 2008'The response of Main Street to the idea of bailing out Wall Street is all about Main Street wanting some accountability from the capitalist system,' said musical legend and political activist Billy Bragg in a recent...
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