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Urging Congress to take action on Honduras, what you can do
July 19, 2009The situation in Honduras may be coming to a head, as today is what may be the last mediation session in Costa Rica. The people on the streets of Honduras are staying strong and mobilized in...
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Reactions from Ghana on Obama visit
July 19, 2009ACCRA, Ghana -- Nearly one week after President Barack Obama’s visit to Ghana, a sense of excitement and expectation remains in the air here. This past Monday, July 13, a day after Obama’s weekend visit, the...
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Homelessness increases among families
July 19, 2009Original source: The number of homeless families who spend some time in a shelter increased by 9 percent from 2007 to 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) annual report on...
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Texas unemployment offices break down
July 19, 2009Unprecedented unemployment and political posturing by Governor Rick Perry have forced the Texas Workforce Commmission into a complete breakdown. There were warnings from the Texas AFL-CIO more than a month ago, but the corporate media reported...
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COMMENTARY The mentality of marginalization
July 19, 2009Because of McCarthyism, the Cold War, the long economic expansion following WW II, and a resistence to think anew, the Left has been on the edges of politics for more than a half century. During this...
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