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Are corporations too big to prosecute?
March 20, 2013These are banks, and bankers, whose failure precipitated the financial crisis, and the succeeding depression and bailouts. There have been bailouts, but, so far, no prosecutions of the CEO's.
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Today in women’s history: Minnie Fisher Cunningham born
March 19, 2013Cunningham was elected president of the Galveston Equal Suffrage Association and toured her home state to speak out for the right for women to vote.
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Doctors link childhood trauma, poverty with gun violence
March 19, 2013Chicago has become the national spotlight for gun violence, especially affecting African American teenagers and children.
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A mother fights gun violence
March 18, 2013Janice gives much of her time trying to make life better for working people and people of color in her community, in her union and in the world.
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Today in women’s history: Police evict striking Woolworth’s clerks
March 18, 2013New York City police evicted and arrested striking Woolworth's store clerks - mostly women - who had occupied stores demanding a 40-hour workweek.
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