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San Francisco hotel workers march for a new citywide pact
August 18, 2009SAN FRANCISCO ― As contracts covering some 9,000 hotel workers were expiring Aug. 14, hundreds of workers and community supporters marched down Market St., the city’s main thoroughfare, and past several prime tourist hotels, proclaiming their...
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As reports of compromise appear, push grows for public option
August 18, 2009As President Obama continues his push for comprehensive health care reform and as reports emerge about “compromises” designed to win backing from Senate Blue Dog Democrats and Republicans, Health Care for America Now, a huge national...
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Bollywood superstars airport detention prompts protest
August 18, 2009One of India’s beloved Bollywood superstars, Shah Rukh Khan, who is Muslim, made international headlines recently after he was held for questioning at Newark Liberty International Airport. Many here describe Khan as the 'Brad Pitt' of...
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Supreme Court orders new hearing for Troy Davis
August 18, 2009In a significant move the Supreme Court today ordered a new hearing in the case of African American death row inmate Troy Davis accused of killing Savannah police officer Mark Allen MacPhail in 1989. Davis’s case...
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Obama admin. assures veterans on health reform
August 18, 2009The White House continued to knock down false information about the president's health reform plan by addressing false rumors circulated in the right-wing media that claim reform could force veterans out of the VA health care...
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