Juan Lopez
LATEST ARTICLES BY Juan Lopez
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U.S.
State probe of bank mortgage fraud heats up
October 5, 2011In terms of foreclosures, 8 out of 10 hardest hit cities in the nation are in California. Harris said that in 11 months of talks, more than half-million homes had entered foreclosure in the state.
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Labor
Dock, maritime workers making significant unity moves
September 23, 2011In the latest effort to strengthen labor's hand in the global economy, West Coast dockworkers this month welcomed pilots at the Panama Canal into their union. And longshore unions on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts are...
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U.S.
California’s DREAM Act poised to become reality
September 9, 2011California is poised to become the first state to grant undocumented immigrant college students access to publicly funded financial aid.
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Labor
Farm workers march for justice
August 25, 2011On Tuesday, farm workers launched a 13-day, 200-mile march, through California's rich agricultural Central Valley to the State Capitol in Sacramento.
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U.S.
Campaign to solve housing crisis and create one million jobs
August 22, 2011The New Bottom Line campaign turned up the heat on the big banks responsible for billions of dollars in mortgage fraud.
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Opinion
Grappling with cuts when Democrats are in charge
July 20, 2011In many states, Democratic leaders make cuts to social programs, putting a big hole in the safety net as the economic crisis and unemployment worsen - What to do?
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World
With Gladys, We’ll win a thousand times
April 22, 2005It was with a heavy heart that I arrived in Chile. Compañera Gladys Marin, president of the Communist Party of Chile (CPC), had died March 6 of a brain tumor. She was 63. Communist and workers...
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