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Affirmative action a plus for all
July 24, 2009Affirmative action is a plus not just for African Americans, Latinos or women but for all workers. Portrayal of it as something that takes rights away from white workers and gives them to African American workers...
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Senate narrowly rejects gun measure
July 24, 2009Senate lawmakers defeated a Republican effort July 22 to allow gun owners to carry concealed weapons across state lines. The measure was pushed by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and was offered as an amendment to the...
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Obama presses forward on health reform; GOP stalls
July 24, 2009President Obama continued his campaign for health care reform this week with a stop at a Cleveland area clinic, July 23. The town hall event came one day after a major televised press conference during which...
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Port Chicago disaster remembered
July 24, 2009320 men died on July 17, 1944, in a munitions explosion aboard a ship being loaded at the Port Chicago Navy Magazine with armaments bound for the war in the Pacific.
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Done crying, today shell even smile minimum wage & one moms story
July 24, 2009MERIDEN, Kan. — Celeste Henderson is a living, breathing mom who is in the news today, but only as a statistic. She’s one of the millions of American low-wage workers directly affected by Friday’s hike in...
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