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The other shoe drops: Maryland sues EPA over air quality standards
September 29, 2017Having warned Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, more than two months ago that the state would go to federal court in Baltimore unless he started following the law – and having gotten no reply at...
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Union leaders blast Janus case as effort to rig economy against workers
September 29, 2017WASHINGTON—Union leaders denounced the latest right-wing attempt to deprive workers and unions of money—via a Supreme Court case the justices have agreed to hear—as “a blatant attack to rig the economy against workers,” as Laborers President...
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“The Madwoman of Chaillot”: An anti-capitalist method to her madness
September 29, 2017PASADENA, Calif. — In The Last Tycoon F. Scott Fitzgerald famously quipped, “There are no second acts in American lives.” I’m glad this isn’t true about drama, because I started drifting off during the first act...
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California legislature sends “landmark” housing bills to governor for signature
September 29, 2017Housing analysts say this year’s package of bills is the state’s most ambitious move in decades, but warn the measures will take years to bear fruit.
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New Haven neighborhood’s response to killing: unity and demand for jobs
September 29, 2017NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A tragedy has given rise to unity and hope in the Newhallville neighborhood where 14-year old Tyriek B. Keyes was killed just blocks from his home this summer. Keyes, a talented dancer...
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