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Obama, actor DiCaprio turn the tide on protecting marine areas
June 20, 2014President Obama used his executive authority on June 17 to create the world's largest marine sanctuary, banning commercial fishing, mining, and oil exploration in a major portion of the Pacific Ocean.
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Justices unanimously back public employee whistleblower
June 20, 2014The 9-0 ruling cheered the NEA, whose Alabama affiliate - the largest and most-influential union in the state - provided the attorneys for whistleblower Edward Lane in lower court arguments.
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Arriving without their parents: Child refugees being warehoused on the U.S. border
June 19, 2014Thousands of unaccompanied child refugees from Central America, making their way through Mexico and into the U.S., are ending up in locked, fenced warehouses in Texas and Arizona.
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Union cheers mass transit advocate’s election in Canada
June 19, 2014Wynne swept to victory in the voting in Canada's largest province, home to approximately one of every three Canadians.
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Today in labor history: The 1937 “Women’s Day Massacre”
June 19, 2014On June 19, 1937, police in Youngstown, Ohio, used tear gas on women and children, including at least one infant in his mother's arms, during the historic strike at Republic Steel.
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