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Rep. McDermott: Why I voted against sending arms to Syrian rebels
September 18, 2014"I did not arrive at this decision easily. The threat ISIS poses to the people of Iraq and Syria is a serious one. "
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Germany: The votes are in
September 18, 2014Political porcelain has been broken, raising questions on what went wrong and, to quote that old Abbott and Costello routine, "Who's on first?" for the next five years.
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Today in labor history: The UMW occupation at Pittston Moss 3 plant
September 17, 2014In 1989, 98 UMWA members and a minister occupied the Pittston Coal Company's Moss 3 preparation plant in Carbon, Virginia, the most important act of civil disobedience during the Pittston strike.
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What our society needs to learn from the Ray Rice scandal
September 17, 2014Football, despite its violent and masculinist culture, isn't an island unto itself, but rather a microcosm of social crisis that ripples across every segment of our larger society.
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Labor organizer wins MacArthur “genius grant”
September 17, 2014Ai-jen Poo is a labor organizer whose compelling vision is transforming the landscape of working conditions and labor standards for domestic or private-household workers.
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