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Chicago City Council passes Big Box wage law
July 27, 2006CHICAGO — In a 35-14 vote the Chicago City Council passed a wage ordinance, requiring “big box” retailers to pay their workers a living wage. The ordinance will require mega-retailers like Wal-Mart to pay their workers...
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Calif. agency probes insecticides
July 21, 2006SACRAMENTO (AP) — California’s pesticide agency is conducting a review of popular insecticides because many are ending up in urban streams and killing tiny aquatic creatures. The review could lead to restrictions and even bans on...
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Overthrow: Looking beyond the rhetoric
July 21, 2006BOOK REVIEW Stephen Kinzer has previously authored or co-authored definitive studies on the CIA’s overthrow of democratic governments in Iran (1953) and in Guatemala (1954). Now in his latest work, “Overthrow,” Kinzer widens the scope of...
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NYC renters revolt for home rule
July 21, 2006Unique to U.S. cities, New York is a city of renters. Almost two-thirds of us rent the apartments we call home. In New York, being a renter is often lifelong and the only circumstance under which...
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Jobs: now you see them, now you dont
July 21, 2006Workers and taxpayers often lose twice when states and cities give out huge corporate tax breaks in the name of “economic development.” Consider Raytheon Corp. In a 1995 “job blackmail” episode, it threatened to move jobs...
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