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Sacramento votes to boycott Arizona
June 22, 2010California's capital city last week joined a growing movement to boycott Arizona until its anti-immigrant law SB 1070 is repealed.
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Black and Latino home losses continue to mount
June 22, 2010With close to 6 million homes at risk of being seized by banks, the foreclosure crisis continues to deepen, with the greatest risk to homeowners of color, a new study finds.
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AFL-CIO president issues ringing call for immigrant rights
June 22, 2010CLEVELAND - In a major policy statement, AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka said the denial of rights to millions of undocumented workers threatens all Americans.
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Global union leaders blast financial greed
June 22, 2010VANCOUVER, Canada - As a world congress of the International Trade Union Confederation got under way here Monday, leaders blasted the economic crisis hitting working people.
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José Saramago, Nobel author, Communist, mourned in Portugal
June 21, 2010An estimated 20,000 mourners, including Portugal's Socialist prime minister and the leader of the Portuguese Communist Party, attended Saramago's funeral in Lisbon on Monday.
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