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The Keystone Pipeline: can labor and environmentalists work together?
August 31, 2011Building Trades unions are backing - and transit unions opposing - the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, from the tar sands of the Canadian province of Alberta to the oil refineries of the U.S. Gulf Coast.
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Cuban-trained American doctor helps save lives in Haiti
August 31, 2011Raising the dead with dopamine: An American doctor, graduate of Cuba's Latin American School of Medicine, devotes his residency to healing the people of Haiti.
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Community forum targets “Secure Communities”
August 31, 2011Concern is rising rapidly among immigrant communities and civil liberties advocates as law enforcement agencies step up sharing of personal information.
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Tea party tries to stop hurricane cleanup
August 30, 2011Hurricane Irene is history, but the cleanup efforts and a new controversy over allocation of federal money remain.
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Unemployed no longer welcome to apply for jobs?
August 30, 2011Big business has set up a new roadblock for the jobless: employers only consider hiring those who are already working, reported the AFL-CIO. In other words, the unemployed need not apply.
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