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The cost of living
January 17, 2009During a recent shopping trip to Macy’s I made a simple, but possibly profound, discovery: shit costs too much, way too much. I’m serious. I keep reading about big discounts offered by retailers due to the...
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Keep pressing Congress for ceasefire in Gaza, groups say
January 17, 2009American groups calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza say phone calls flooding Congress on the issue are having an impact. They urge the public to continue to press for stepped up U.S. involvement to achieve...
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A first-class paper
January 17, 2009For more than 80 years, the People’s Weekly World and its predecessors, including the Daily Worker and the Daily World, have been delivering first-class coverage of news important to working people but ignored by the corporate...
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A peoples inauguration
January 16, 2009Four million expected for Obama swearing-in, parade WASHINGTON—Unprecedented. That’s what people are saying about the “people’s inauguration” of Barack Obama. As many as 4 million people are expected to pack the nation’s capital Jan. 20 to...
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Detroit rally backs Obama economic recovery program
January 16, 2009DETROIT — 2009 is beginning as those who voted for change imagined: grassroots groups are turning the hope that blossomed last November into action. In this hard-hit city, organizing is under way to change things from...
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