U.S.
Activists abuzz over Bayer’s bee killing
May 23, 2012Some 90+ activists gathered in San Pablo Park in West Berkeley, California, near where one of the Bayer facilities was located, to protest the company's insect-killing.
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Immigrant rights activists say keep families together
May 23, 2012Vargas, the father of four U.S. citizen children, has led a crime free life but now sits in a Monroe County jail.
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In the “other Chicago,” mental health patients out of options
May 23, 2012Millions gathered in the Windy City for the NATO summit. But over in the "other Chicago" - the inner city, Latino and African American-majority neighborhoods, people are suffering.
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Massachusetts: job creation up, unemployment down
May 23, 2012Perhaps the nation's most Democratic and liberal state, Massachusetts has experienced months of declining unemployment rates.
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Latina moms in Chicago: “We’re done crying!”
May 23, 2012Except for one grandmother, the rest of the 20 or so women who patrol the streets around Davis Elementary School here every weekday are in their 20s and 30s.
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