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California ballot initiatives mostly an assault on democracy
May 4, 2010Three of five propositions on the June 8 California primary ballot are an assault on the voting rights of the people, and on their pocketbooks.
Read moreTexans demonstrate for jobs, immigrant rights
April 21, 2010DALLAS -- Workers in front of Bank of America here in Dallas on Tax Day, April 15, demanded that banks help pay to create the 11 million jobs lost as a result of the economic crisis...
Read moreMajor jobs bill faces GOP filibuster vow
April 7, 2010A day after Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., vowed to block all future jobs bills, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights called on members of Congress to co-sponsor the Local Jobs for America Act.
Read moreAs flood waters recede, deeper questions emerge
April 2, 2010PROVIDENCE, R.I. - As Rhode Islanders recover from the state's worst flooding in 200 years, questions are being raised about why the damage was so great.
Read moreState workers slam cuts, call for taxing the rich
April 1, 2010JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - "It is not OK to balance the budget off of our backs," state workers told lawmakers here March 31.
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