economy
Chicago youth to Obama, Congress: We want to work!
February 1, 2010CHICAGO - A group of African American youth and community organizers who gathered to watch the State of the Union address were most interested in what the president had to say about jobs.
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Fancy suits for some, but workers get shaft
February 1, 2010BEACHWOOD, Ohio - Workers from the Hugo Boss clothing firm are battling to stop the company from closing one of the last remaining domestic clothing plants and moving to Turkey.
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Suburbs see huge growth in poverty
February 1, 2010Over one-third of America's poor are now living outside of urban centers according to a new survey released last week.
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He got the ball rolling
January 28, 2010Last night the president got the ball rolling, but he didn't roll it far enough or always in the right direction. So now it's our turn.
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The freeze and the fire
January 27, 2010Obama's budget freeze: hard to imagine a worse conclusion to draw from the Massachusetts election, or a more telling lesson for working people.
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