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Illinois AFL-CIO gets candidates to back “contract with the middle class”
September 21, 2018The Illinois State AFL-CIO has drafted a “Contract with the Middle Class,” pledging support for specific workers’ rights issues.
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DOJ limits ability of judges to dismiss deportation cases
September 20, 2018The fear of deportation among immigrant communities is rising rapidly as the Trump administration and DOJ escalate their zero-tolerance immigration policies.
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“Gasping for air”: Deputy recounts Laquan McDonald’s final moments
September 19, 2018The defense’s primary argument rests on the notion that McDonald posed a threat to Van Dyke and the public.
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Four GOP Virginia congressional reps could go down to defeat
September 18, 2018There may be as many as four of Virginia’s Republican-held federal House of Representatives seats in play in this November’s midterm congressional elections.
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Everything is at stake: Arrested anti-Kavanaugh protester speaks out
September 18, 2018Alison Dreith says she hopes people turn out to vote in November like their lives depend on it, because they do.
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