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  • World unions: Time for a global economic fix is now

    World unions: Time for a global economic fix is now

    November 18, 2008

    Unions representing workers in the 20 most economically powerful nations called on world leaders Nov. 14 to take urgent action to prevent a global depression by radically changing the way the global economy is run and...

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  • OPINION: A rescue package for working women

    OPINION: A rescue package for working women

    November 18, 2008

    Wall Street tycoons behave irresponsibly, bring the country to financial brink, hold out their hands for an 11-figure bailout — and lobbyists applaud that as a rescue. Women achieve daily miracles fulfilling responsibilities to their employers...

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  • OPINION: Unity needed after Prop. 8

    OPINION: Unity needed after Prop. 8

    November 18, 2008

    The anti-gay-marriage amendment that passed in California, known as Proposition 8, not only took away the right of gays to marry but has also sown distrust and disunity. With the initiative’s stunning 52 percent to 48...

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  • Lost Thunder: BLM preparing to execute 30,000 wild horses

    Lost Thunder: BLM preparing to execute 30,000 wild horses

    November 18, 2008

    The 30,000 wild horses on Death Row are nearly out of appeals. They were condemned by the Government Accounting Office just in time for Veteran's Day - a profoundly cynical act when you consider that countless...

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  • Last minute Bush push threatens workers, consumers and environment

    Last minute Bush push threatens workers, consumers and environment

    November 18, 2008

    The Bush administration is in a midnight frenzy, churning out a stream of regulations designed to cement its right-wing legacy of damage to the environment and attacks on workers and consumers. If successful, a virtual dream...

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