economy
Unions push to save jobs in Florida and across the nation
March 2, 2010Union leaders decry "job destruction program," as workers, unions, small business owners and community activists fight to save 23,000 Florida jobs at NASA and beyond.
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Does Detroit have a future?
March 1, 2010Last month I visited Detroit and once again saw first-hand what can only be described as an economic and human catastrophe.
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Philly celebrates African American history with calls for peace action
February 26, 2010PHILADELPHIA -- More than 50 people crowded into the Du Bois Center on Baltimore Avenue in West Philadelphia last Friday to hear Anthony Monteiro, professor of African American Studies at Temple University, deliver a history lecture.
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Landmark summit on Latin American integration
February 26, 2010Presidents and representatives of 33 Latin American and Caribbean nations met February 23 and 24 to form an organization provisionally called the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
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For one county, the worst is yet to come
February 26, 2010For at least one California county's budget it's a crisis that will only get worse.
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