Budget Cuts
New Jersey forces families into “pay to play” scheme
July 5, 2010Ever since the November elections, the New Jersey middle class has been under attack from their newly-elected governor, Chris Christie.
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Disabled protest Calif. budget cuts
June 28, 2010For the second time in five weeks, dozens of men and women with disabilities and their caregivers camped out for days on a grassy traffic island here last week, protesting Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to...
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Texas poor say “No more!”
June 24, 2010DALLAS -- Local activists with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Dallas Peace Center and others called a "Poor People's Rally" outside City Hall here, June 23.
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New Chicago teacher’s union leader vows fight against layoffs
June 17, 2010Angered by devastating budget cuts, threatened layoffs and school privatization, Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) members voted in a new leadership June 10.
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Marchers demand common sense taxes, not cuts
June 8, 2010SAN FRANCISCO - Their chants - "Arnold, Arnold get a clue, better raise some revenue!" and "Tax the oil, tax the booze, save the services we all use!"- reverberated off buildings along Market St as hundreds...
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