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Just outside of Vegas, coal plant gambles with lives
March 21, 2013For years, the NV Energy-owned Reid Gardner coal plant just outside of Las Vegas, Nevada has been poisoning the Moapa tribe of Paiute Native Americans.
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Workers coast-to-coast demand rollback of “sequester” cuts
March 21, 2013At least 160 cities and towns across the country saw mass demonstrations yesterday against the "sequester" - the $85 billion in budget cuts over the next six months that Congress, through its inaction, has allowed to...
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Today in women’s history: ERA sent to states for ratification
March 21, 2013On March 21, 1972, Congress sent the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification. The amendment fell three states short of being ratified, but the struggle continues to this day.
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Service employees: Reform must include concerns of black immigrants
March 21, 2013Judith Howell has a message for Congress: Pass comprehensive immigration reform and don't forget or brush aside the concerns of immigrants and their descendants who happen to be black.
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Of fire and ghazals, Agha Shahid Ali, poet of the week
March 21, 2013The life of exile has few pluses. But one is that it opens the door to a truly internationalist consciousness, and culture.
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