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Banning ethnic studies in Arizona is wrong!
January 4, 2011A new draconian law in Arizona went into effect banning classes statewide, k-12, that promote the teachings of civil rights leaders such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez.
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Obama Labor Dept. acts against wage and benefit theft
December 15, 2010The Department of Labor took action this week to recover almost $1 million in back wages for construction workers in New York and forced a Georgia company to pay restitution for improper investment of union pension...
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Surprise! Republican judge rules against health care law
December 15, 2010A federal judge in Virginia ruled that one part of President Barack Obama's signature health care reform law is unconstitutional, which comes after two other federal judges ruled it was constitutional, setting up an eventual showdown...
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Petitioners urge President Obama, Free the Cuban Five!
December 6, 2010The Let Cuba Live Committee of Maine has launched a petition drive to put pressure on President Obama to free the Cuban Five political prisoners.
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Death penalty, shot through with racism, cannot be fixed
December 6, 2010Justice John Paul Stevens say capital punishment is "shot through with racism, skewed toward conviction, infected with politics and tinged with hysteria." It's past time to end the practice.
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