National
Labor unites around new immigrant workers rights initiative
April 16, 2009A major breakthrough has occurred in the long running struggle for the rights of immigrant workers and their families. On Tuesday representatives of the AFL-CIO and Change to Win, the country’s major labor union federations, announced...
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Art exhibit illustrates horrors of Iraq occupation
April 15, 2009HOUSTON - Upon entering The Station Museum of Contemporary Art on the edge of the city’s downtown to view the exhibition “Iraqi Artists in Exile,” I was hit with the questions “How do we justify the...
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Resurrection of Intolerance
April 15, 2009The fanatic right-wing, after taking a few days off to catch their breath, is back again with a vengeance. Name anything that President Obama is doing, and this broken wing will try to slap it down,...
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Educate or die tour urges federal help to stop gun violence
April 15, 2009CHICAGO – Leaders in the African American community here are tired of the senseless violence wreaking havoc in the streets due to gun violence and are calling on President Obama and the federal government to help...
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Minnesota voters: Give us our senator
April 15, 2009Minnesota voters: ‘Give us our senator’ By Tim Wheeler Labor, peace and justice leaders in Minnesota hailed yesterday’s ruling by a three-judge panel that Democrat Al Franken won last fall’s race for the U.S. Senate, defeating...
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