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Saving our food and farmland
July 15, 2008Salmonella outbreak spotlights food safety crisisSEQUIM, Washington—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is still struggling to track the Salmonella SaintPaul food poisoning outbreak that has sickened more than 869 people in 36 states and the...
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and you
July 15, 2008The financial crisis that has been sweeping the United States and much of the capitalist world since last summer reached a new phase when mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac moved near insolvency. This unfolding...
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Power, justice, freedom, vote: NAACP meets in Cincinnati
July 14, 2008“Power, Justice, Freedom, VOTE!” are the themes resonating through Cincinnati this week as over 9000 participants converge on this southern Ohio city for the NAACP annual conference. The civil rights organization will celebrate its 100th birthday...
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Florida too early to call for McCain
July 12, 2008TAMPA -- Thousands of Floridians gathered in locations throughout the state recently in support of Sen. Barack Obama's 'Unite for Change' call. From the overwhelming response of Floridians, from Tallahassee and Jacksonville in the north to...
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Workers Uniting history in the making
July 12, 2008The United Steelworkers union made history with its convention just held in Las Vegas. That’s history with a capital H. The kind of history that can forever change labor and our country. The kind of history...
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