U.S.
Unemployment rate dropped because 800,000 were not counted
May 2, 2014The proportion of the unemployed and underemployed, including those so discouraged they stopped seeking work, is still one of every eight workers.
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Most new jobs are low wage, report shows
May 2, 2014There are nearly two million fewer jobs in mid- and higher-wage industries than there were before the recession took hold, while there are 1.85 million more jobs in lower-wage industries.
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National forum on police crimes to be held in Chicago
April 30, 2014The forum is devised to promote a "renewed effort to build a multi-racial, multi-national movement" against police crimes, government surveillance, mass incarceration, and more.
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Dreamers in Virginia can pay instate tuition
April 30, 2014Immigrants' rights advocates are hailing a ruling that means students who are accepted by the federal DACA program can pay instate tuition to attend state colleges and universities.
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#ImagineSocialism: Join the May 1 Google Hangout
April 30, 2014The CPUSA will host a Google Hangout with Jacobin magazine founding editor Bhaskar Sunkara and Imagine: Living in a Socialist USA co-editor Michael Steven Smith.
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