Elections
Michelle Obama shows power of women’s vote
October 21, 2010A recent event with First Lady Michelle Obama was a reminder of how powerful the women's vote is, how hard the fight was to win it and why it's so important to use it.
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Big biz dollars bankroll tea party racism
October 21, 2010A report released by the NAACP documents tea party groups giving "platforms to anti-Semites, racists and bigots" and cites efforts within the tea party to recruit members for white nationalist organizations.
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Penn. labor aims to keep Keystone State blue
October 21, 2010"We're everywhere, not just in the east or the western part of the state," said Liz McElroy of the AFL-CIO.
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Bean soup, tacos, firing up the vote
October 21, 2010SAN ANTONIO - More than 500 people joined Linda Bocanegra, owner of the Arizona Café, for free bean soup, tacos and some get-out-the-vote energy in this city's Southwest side.
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Right-wing dead serious about killing minimum wage
October 20, 2010The political right is implementing a multi-faceted strategy it hopes will push the country back to the days when there was absolutely no social safety net at all.
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