U.S.
Big business and GOP block Florida sick-time ballot measure
September 25, 2012Progressive forces have had the prospect of paid sick time, an advance for low-wage workers, snatched from them, at least temporarily, by big business forces and their allies .
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A fight grows in Brooklyn to save SUNY Downstate
September 25, 2012Public health professionals are working to save hundreds of jobs and preserve community services here at a state university-run medical center, the fourth largest employer in the borough
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Group sees the disabled as their own best spokespeople
September 25, 2012Marian Bacon has worked at The Memphis Center for Independent Living, an action and advocacy organization for people with disabilities, for over five years.
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Reclaim democracy, protect the vulnerable says faith community
September 25, 2012At its Fire of Faith, Rekindling Democracy rally this past Sunday, the Detroit metropolitan faith community unveiled a new kind of "heat" beginning to sweep the region.
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Battling the Brooklyn Democratic boss
September 25, 2012New York State assemblyman Vito J. Lopez has been censured for substantiated accusations of sexual harassment of two women who worked in his district office. Lopez has denied the charges.
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