National
Neo-con ideologues launch new foreign policy group
March 27, 2009WASHINGTON, Mar 25 (IPS) - A newly-formed and still obscure neo-conservative foreign policy organisation is giving some observers flashbacks to the 1990s, when its predecessor staked out the aggressively unilateralist foreign policy that came to fruition...
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Unemployment hits harder among Blacks, Latinos
March 27, 2009(AP) The ax fell without sound or shadow: Tatiana Gallego was suddenly called into human resources and laid off from her job as an admissions counselor for a fashion college. 'The way people tried to explain...
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Webcams show Bald Eagle hatchlings
March 27, 2009A webcam at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Virginia caught the hatching of two Bald Eaglets born six days apart late last month, according to the National Wildlife Refuge System's website. A second...
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The populist upheaval where is it headed and who can lead?
March 26, 2009The populist outrage over AIG bonuses, and bailouts that seem to pay off the perpetrators of the financial crisis — while millions are left out of work with no medical benefits, and unemployment benefits running out...
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Labor to Big Biz: You wont derail employee free choice!
March 26, 2009The labor movement remains undaunted in its push for the Employee Free Choice Act despite the defection of Pennsylvania’s Arlen Specter, the only Republican member of the Senate who had supported the measure. Specter announced March...
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