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Tea party takes America hostage on debt
August 2, 2011The debt ceiling crisis is the latest in a series of hostage crises instigated by the extreme right wing.
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Verizon workers, allies stage massive contract rally
August 2, 2011Verizon, which earns billions in profits and whose chief officer makes $55,000 per day, is attacking the working conditions, health benefits and pensions of its unionized workforce.
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Unions demand good jobs as study shows openings pay little
August 2, 2011"Industries that once were great contributors to our country - auto, shipbuilding, machine tools and even electronics - are shadows of what they once were," declares the Task Force on Job Creation, in its report, released...
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Rick Scott refuses to accept badly needed health care money
August 2, 2011Scott, a former hospital CEO and health care profiteer, was made famous by his adamant and vocal campaign against the Health Care Reform Bill which he still refers to as Obamacare.
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Reed Smith, leader for social justice, dies at 86
August 2, 2011A lifelong peace and civil rights activist, he helped form the first integrated housing development in Waterbury in the 1950s.
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