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Enshrine voting right in the Constitution
August 7, 2013On August 5, 48 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, announcing, "This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless."
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Hiroshima memory stirs call for peace
August 7, 2013Peace activists joined many thousands of similar gatherings worldwide to remember the horror of the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
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Goodwill’s disabled workers join the fight for a living wage
August 6, 2013Disabled workers at Goodwill Industries have an on-line petition (by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network) demanding decent wages from the charity.
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New Senate bill would virtually end USPS
August 6, 2013WASHINGTON - Sen. Tom Carper has moved the United States Postal Service one big step closer to extinction this weekend by introducing his new Postal Reform Act (S. 1486).
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Mobilizing in August is key for immigrant rights
August 5, 2013The first priority is to pressure Republicans to support legalization of the 11 million undocumented immigrants.
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