U.S.
Immigration moves higher on White House agenda
March 12, 2010Immigrant rights activists, labor and faith-based leaders met with President Obama and White House advisers March 11 to discuss moving forward on immigration reform legislation.
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Oakland residents demand action vs. banks
March 12, 2010OAKLAND, Calif. - Fighting back tears, anger in his voice, Al Marshall recounted how his "kids were crying when the judgment came down" to abandon the home in which they were growing up.
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New report cites “explosion” of radical right groups
March 12, 2010Last year saw an "explosion" of extremist groups and activism across the U.S., the Southern Poverty Law Center says in a new report, "Rage on the Right: The Year in Hate and Extremism."
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Tired of margarine, janitors demand health care as their “butter”
March 12, 2010Detroit janitors fight foraffordable health care as key contract issue. " I'm tired of Parkay, I want butter too."
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Undocumented and unafraid, youth rally for immigration reform
March 11, 2010Hundreds of students rallied here at the Federal Plaza Wednesday in a "National Coming Out of the Shadows Day" for comprehensive immigration reform.
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