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  • Latino voters key to Western states

    Latino voters key to Western states

    September 26, 2008

    With the Nov. 4 presidential election just weeks away, a monumental battle is heating up in a few crucial swing states, as some 9 million Latino voters prepare to cast ballots which could be the deciding...

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  • When your union contract expires  Who do you want in the White House?

    When your union contract expires Who do you want in the White House?

    September 26, 2008

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. — As 4,000 workers at Yale University gear up for a contract fight next year, and 2,000 workers at Yale New Haven Hospital continue their organizing drive, the question of who will be...

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  • McCain still pushing to privatize Social Security

    McCain still pushing to privatize Social Security

    September 26, 2008

    Advocates for senior citizens and disabled people denounced Republican Presidential nominee John McCain for repeating his call for a Wall Street takeover of Social Security in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great...

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  • Veterans tell VA, Open front door to disability claims

    Veterans tell VA, Open front door to disability claims

    September 26, 2008

    As the number of veterans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan grows, vets and members of Congress are stepping up demands that the long wait many endure before disability claims are accepted must be drastically...

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  • $700,000,000,000 for what?

    $700,000,000,000 for what?

    September 26, 2008

    CHICAGO — First, it was the shock. Then it began to sink in. Then came the anger. In a little over a week the American people first heard of, then digested and are now grappling with...

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