U.S.
Obama, most Americans, side with unions over right-wingers
March 1, 2011Presidential and popular support for public workers was not the only bad polling news the right wing has to deal with today.
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Mayors warn cuts to block grants will cost jobs
March 1, 2011Mayors around the country are reacting with alarm to the cuts proposed for the Community Development Block Grant program.
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Video: The Windy City protests federal housing cuts
February 28, 2011On Friday close to one thousand Chicagoans turned out at the Illinois State Office Building hopping mad about planned federal budget cuts proposed for HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development).
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GOP budget would close Social Security offices
February 28, 2011If Republicans have their way with the federal budget it would close Social Security offices across the country.
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Philly students, teachers assail top-down school “reform”
February 28, 2011A spirited rally by 500 parents, students, teachers and others Feb. 25 protested decisions the district is imposing in the name of "school reform."
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