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Defending public radio and TV is a working-class issue
March 29, 2011The ultra-right leadership of the House of Representatives has decisively moved to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, public radio and public television. They argue that "conservative taxpayers" should not have to "subsidize liberal media."
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Rally at Supreme Court backs women Wal-Mart workers
March 29, 2011Women's rights advocates gathered for a Stand with the Women of Wal-Mart rally outside the Supreme Court this morning, as the court heard arguments in what could be the largest class-action civil rights suit in U.S....
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Chipotle fires Mexican workers for crime of working
March 29, 2011Three months ago the chain that made its fortune selling Mexican food made by Mexican workers fired hundreds of them throughout Minnesota. Their crime was that they worked, but had no immigration papers.
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Missouri unions mobilize against anti-worker bills
March 29, 2011Referring to the state legislature's Republican leadership, Mike Louis, from International Association Machinists District 9, said, "These people are not our friends."
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Republicans reject climate change
March 29, 2011Earlier this month, House Republicans rejected three amendments stating that global warming is real, poses a threat and is caused by humans.
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