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Student week of action focuses on Employee Free Choice
April 1, 2009This week, Jobs with Justice’s Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) kicks off a week of action in support of the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act and the freedom to form unions and bargain cooperatively...
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Geithner’s plan will tax Main Street to make Wall Street richer
April 1, 2009( t r u t h o u t | Perspective) The new consensus among the experts who missed the housing bubble (EMHB) is that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's plan to subsidize the purchase of junk...
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Let spy laws fade into the sunset, group urges
April 1, 2009NEW YORK, Mar 30 (IPS) - One of the nation’s leading legal rights groups is calling on the U.S. Congress to make major changes in the USA Patriot Act to reverse parts of the hurriedly passed...
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John Hope Franklin: an appreciation
March 31, 2009John Hope Franklin, the author of academic and popular works of African American history over six decades, passed away last week at the age of 94. More than any other U.S. scholar, he advanced the study...
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American Idol helps me dream big
March 31, 2009There is just something about watching live singing competitions on national television that gets you hooked. American Idol this year has me tuning in week after week. As a guy who loves sports and watching my...
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