Labor
Scenes from an uprising: Chicago We Are One (Video)
April 13, 201110,000 trade unionists and their supporters from around Chicago and Illinois poured into Daley Plaza downtown.
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Honduran resistance takes off
April 12, 2011Two sets of realities are opposed: a small, wealthy, U.S.-backed minority and popular mobilization, always in the background, but now gathering new strength.
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Ten thousand Ohioans kick off fight to repeal Senate Bill 5
April 11, 2011Thousands gathered at the Ohio Statehouse and chanted "We Are Ohio!" on Saturday at the kickoff rally to repeal Senate Bill 5, Gov. John Kasich's union-busting initiative.
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Army base reopening a step closer
April 11, 2011Prospects for redeveloping the Oakland Army Base moved a step forward last week as the City Council voted to extend its negotiating agreement with developers California Capital Group and AMB Corp.
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To guarantee life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, tax the rich
April 11, 2011Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are rights written into the U.S. Declaration of Independence, to be pursued as goals for free citizens living in a democratic society.
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