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Setting standards for green and good jobs
March 13, 2009Original source: If the nation’s economy is to truly recover, the funds from President Obama’s economic recovery package—the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act—must be spent in ways that keep working families’ needs in mind and create...
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Race still drives the war against universal health care
March 12, 2009President Obama has heard all the arguments against universal health care. One he won´t hear from opponents, that is the private insurers and hospitals, is that of their fear of having to cover and treat the...
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Democratizing credit
March 12, 2009The $780 billion stimulus package will help stimulate the economy and create jobs, no matter how hard the Rush Limbaugh lunatics try to make it fail. It is already creating jobs and the ripple effect will...
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American stories on American Idol tell all
March 12, 2009The interesting thing about following American Idol this year is the contestant’s personal stories, their backgrounds and their rags to riches struggle to stardom. Okay, yes, I have been watching, when I’m not watching sports. And...
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Dont disgrace Chicago, Congress Hotel workers tell tourism board
March 12, 2009CHICAGO -- To its great shame, the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau still promotes the Congress Hotel despite a six-year strike that has garnered national attention and solidarity. Several dozen strikers and their supporters picketed the...
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