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Needed: 122,000 jobs per month
September 13, 2009As union delegates from around the country prepare to head to the AFL-CIO’s 2009 convention in Pittsburgh Sept. 13, they bring a determination to fight for an economy that works for the great majority of Americans.
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Houston turns out for health care reform
September 12, 2009HOUSTON – About 2000 supporters of health care reform attended a rally called by Organizing for America (OFA) at Houston City Hall on in spite of raging thunderstorms and the last of the summer heat. The...
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Philadelphians demand health care for all
September 12, 2009PHILADELPHIA - Dr. Valerie Armstead does not like having “to spend more time fighting with insurance companies” than she does caring for her patients at Jefferson Hospital. “We need a public option now,” she told a...
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Arson suspected in giant ‘Station Fire’
September 12, 2009Los Angeles County’s largest-ever brush fire, the Station Fire ― raging since Aug. 26 in the Angeles National Forest 20 miles north of Los Angeles ― was reported 42 percent contained Sept. 4 after ripping through...
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UN suggests new possibilities for environmental fix
September 12, 2009UNITED NATIONS-Good news on the environmental front is rarely forthcoming. Instead, nearly every credible, science-based report foretells of an ever-closer environmental cataclysm, and for good reason. Given all this, today's report from the UN Environment Program...
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