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  • McCain wins White House!

    McCain wins White House!

    September 3, 2009 By John Wojcik

    A year ago on Labor Day, the nightmare scenario described in the headline above was still a real possibility. Labor and its allies went on to make sure that something quite different unfolded, but what if...

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  • I was there – Peekskill 1949

    I was there – Peekskill 1949

    September 3, 2009 By Erwin Marquit

    On August 27, 1949, Paul Robeson was scheduled to sing at a concert sponsored by the music group People’s Artists at the Lakeland Acres Picnic Grounds, a few miles north of Peekskill, New York, about fifty...

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  • Trumka draws line in the sand on health care

    Trumka draws line in the sand on health care

    September 2, 2009 By John Wojcik

     AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer, Richard Trumka, has drawn a line in the sand on health care reform, saying that Congress must include a strong public plan option in the final bill in order for labor to back it.

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  • Persecuted Middle East gays hope for resettlement

    Persecuted Middle East gays hope for resettlement

    September 2, 2009 By Daniel Frontino Elash

    In Iran, there is a three to four day gap between when an individual is reported to the police for being homosexual, and when the police arrive to arrest that individual. Most flee before the police...

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  • EPA will declare CO2 a dangerous pollutant

    EPA will declare CO2 a dangerous pollutant

    September 2, 2009 By Susan Webb

    The Environmental Protection Agency is set to declare carbon dioxide a dangerous pollutant, EPA head Lisa Jackson announced on Monday. That action would trigger federal regulation of industrial CO2 sources like coal-fired power plants, cars, refineries...

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