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Labor & community join mercado workers’ struggle
March 21, 2011OAKLAND, Calif. - Some 30,000 California workers, many of them in the San Francisco Bay Area, are employed by mercados - Latino, Asian and other ethnic grocery stores numbering many recent immigrants among both workers and...
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1,000 in Olympia: Put people first, close tax loopholes
March 21, 2011The legislature is grappling with budget deficits estimated at $5.1 billion, yet ballot initiatives pushed through by Republican extremists last November block every measure to increase revenues.
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A 21-year-old signs up to recall Glenn Grothman
March 21, 2011As nervous as I was, I knew in my mind that I was doing something very positive. Signing the recall petition gave me a sense of pride, something I hadn't felt in a long time.
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Aristide returns to Haiti, calls for inclusion of poor and disenfranchised
March 18, 2011Former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide returned to Haiti this morning after a seven-year period of exile in South Africa.
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UN okays “all necessary measures” against Gaddafi
March 18, 2011The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously yesterday to call for the imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya, as well as "all necessary measures" to protect civilians.
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