U.S.
Romney’s plane window flub shows his head’s in the clouds
September 26, 2012The next time Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney boards a plane, he'd like to be able to roll his window down.
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Tea party targets 10 million Latinos for vote suppression
September 26, 2012Tea party affiliated groups have added voter suppression efforts to their long-standing anti-immigrant policies, Latino leaders charge.
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Ohioans “all fired up” by GOP vote suppression effort
September 26, 2012100 public officials and supporters rallied in a show of determination to overcome efforts to stop Ohioans from voting in the presidential election.
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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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