U.S.
Foreclosed tenants tell bank: Let us stay!
April 27, 2012Though legal papers to evict them have yet to be filed, the bank, which now owns the building, is pressing the families to leave.
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Gov. Scott ramps up war on women
April 26, 2012While the GOP was opposing the Violence Against Women Act, Florida's governor slashed $1.5 million for 30 rape crisis centers.
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Wal-Mart Mexico scandal has echoes in U.S. operations
April 26, 2012Wal-Mart conducted a massive, illegal, $24 million bribery campaign in Mexico to aggressively expand its operations there, but Chicagoans say lavishing Wal-Mart money to push its agenda sounds familiar.
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Eighteenth Democratic lawmaker quits ALEC
April 26, 2012"The dominoes continue to fall," said James Ploeser, Pennsylvania's state organizing director for the Progressive Change Committee.
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Grijalva, immigrant rights leaders discuss Supreme Court hearing
April 26, 2012A vicious backhand to undocumented people, Arizona's SB1070 is a law that allows local police to detain and arrest anyone.
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