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Sanders introduces Robin Hood Tax and free education bills
May 19, 2015"The Robin Hood tax, which can raise hundreds of billions of dollars every year paid by Wall Street speculators, is the perfect way to fund this program."
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Rolling one-day strike closes Washington state schools
May 19, 2015Thousands of union school workers in 60 districts across Washington are staging a "rolling one-day walkout" to protest the Republican-controlled State Senate's refusal to fully fund public schools.
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Democratic flip-floppers let Senate start debating fast-track
May 15, 2015Following arm-twisting from Obama, 10 Senate Democrats who had voted against debate on fast-track changed their positions.
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Today in history: The 1970 killings at Jackson State College
May 15, 2015The Jackson State killings occurred on May 15, 1970, at Jackson State College, a historically Black college.
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Republicans lying about train safety funding
May 14, 2015By mid-day Thursday, at least seven people were dead with more than 200 injured, in the wake of Tuesday's Amtrak train derailment.
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