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Teamsters blast green light allowing Mexican trucks roll nationwide

January 14, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

The Teamsters are blasting an Obama administration Transportation Department green light to let all Mexican trucks roll over every U.S. road.

Attacks on workers expected to follow pattern set in Missouri

January 14, 2015 By Tim Rowden

"Paycheck deception" legislation, which its right-wing backers disguise as "paycheck protection" is another ALEC/corporate brainstorm.

Seafarers rescue Syrian war refugees in the Mediterranean sea

January 14, 2015 By PAI

Continuing what is a Seafarers tradition, the Seafarer-crewed MV Liberty Grace rescued 231 refugees from Syria's civil war.

Hope is the root of activism

January 14, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn

Activism like that takes courage and wisdom. It emerges out of deep places in the human spirit, the interior felt-life experience expressed by the arts and also by religion.

Nurses union cheers Obama Keystone veto threat

January 12, 2015 By PAI

Keystone foes say the pipeline would carry "dirty oil" to the U.S. Gulf Coast refineries at a cost of an unacceptable increase in the gases that cause global warming.