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Documenting the disaster

July 16, 2012 By Joseph Zimmermann

"Hard Times: Lost on Long Island" is an examination of endless heartbreak and the clinging to the slender thread of hope.

Canadian scientists protest firings, spending cuts

July 13, 2012 By Blake Skylar

Canada's government made excessive cuts in its environmental departments, resulting in the firing of many top scientists.

Hoffa and Brown try to put brakes on Pacific trade pact

July 2, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

With the Obama administration moving ahead with negotiations with Pacific Rim nations, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Teamsters President James Hoffa teamed up.

Congress agrees on $ for roads, bridges, but not mass transit

July 2, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Key GOP hang-ups, which were apparently dropped from the final version of the legislation, included Republican insistence on construction of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Hunger strike underway in D.C.

June 26, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Planned cuts to the U.S. Postal Service that would cost more than 100,000 active workers their jobs and other cuts, prompted eight retired union Letter Carriers to begin a hunger strike in D.C. on June 25....