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“Little Big Man”: A movie you might have missed
January 13, 2015The film put an end to the portrayal of the settling of the West as a bugle-blowing heroic exercise of taming the savage inhabitants.
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The cost of war for families
January 13, 2015In February of 2014, Senate Republicans blocked a $21 billion plan to build new VA clinics because they said it was too expensive.
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Fukushima-type reactor in Vermont gets the axe, concerns remain
January 13, 2015A nuclear power plant near the town of Brattleboro is being shut down thanks to local environmental activism.
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Today in labor history: Black labor union formed
January 13, 2015On January 13 in 1869 over 200 black delegates met in Washington D.C. to form the National Labor Union; the word "colored" was added by the establishment press.
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Five years after Haiti quake, workers still struggle
January 13, 2015In recent discussions with export apparel workers in Port-au-Prince, the AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center found that workers pay half their daily wage on two daily meals.
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