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San Francisco supervisors pass first-ever Retail Workers Bill of Rights
December 3, 2014The pioneering Retail Workers Bill of Rights will give an estimated 40,000 hourly workers greater stability in their schedules and hours.
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Alberta pipeline hits swamp with over 15,000 gallons of oil
December 3, 2014Yet another major spill in the routinely oil-plagued Alberta, Canada, has left the swamps of Red Earth Creek polluted.
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Lima climate talks and the three-part alliance
December 3, 2014The latest in a long series of UN-sponsored talks is convening in Lima, Peru. The goal is to lay the basis for a climate treaty deal in Paris in Nov. 2015.
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the bus to blunderville
December 3, 2014"bought the ticket in my hometown, all aboard for the shootin' place, won't see his hands up high, death in his eyes, tears runnin' down his mama's face..."
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“Train to Zakopané” is a hard hitting play about bigotry
December 2, 2014The plight of Jews in 1928 Poland, with the rise of the Nazis lurking and looming in the background, is strong stuff.
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