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At 90, Frances Gabow keeps up the fight for socialism
June 16, 2010Frances Gabow's life-just 10 years shy of a century--is a history book of political struggle in the 20th century. "And I don't regret a thing," she told a crowd celebrating her 90th birthday recently.
Read moreBP: “The verdict is guilty!”
June 16, 2010BALTIMORE — “Criminal negligence. The verdict is guilty!” That was the message proclaimed by pickets walking near a local BP gas station here June 12 as British Petroleum’s gusher continued to spew 80,000 barrels of crude...
Read moreArizona GOP targets children born to undocumented immigrants
June 15, 2010Arizona Republicans say they plan to introduce new legislation this fall that, if passed, would block the children of undocumented immigrants from becoming citizens.
Read moreCorporate interests block jobs legislation
June 15, 2010Powerful corporate interests in Congress however are blocking jobs legislation.
Read morePressure mounts on BP to pay claims and curb gusher
June 14, 2010President Obama is back in the Gulf of Mexico for a two-day tour followed by a national prime-time TV address Tuesday, June 15, on the worst ecological disaster in U.S. history.
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