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Nas joins protest charges racism at Fox News
July 23, 2008NEW YORK, N.Y. – A protest against Fox News will descend on its Manhattan headquarters on Wednesday at 2:00 pm. The media corporation's use of racism is the focus of the activity organized by , Moveon.org and...
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Campus workers end week-long strike
July 23, 2008OAKLAND, Calif. — Thousands of service workers returned to their jobs on University of California campuses July 21, after a week-long strike to protest the university’s stonewalling of their demands for fair compensation in contract negotiations...
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New scorecard flunks U.S. health system
July 23, 2008A new national scorecard issued by the Commonwealth Fund’s Commission on a High Performance Health System gives failing scores to the U.S. health care system. The U.S. scores an average of 65 out of a possible...
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Edwards campaigns to end poverty
July 23, 2008Surrounded by an enthusiastic, multi-racial gathering of union and community residents, Senator John Edwards unveiled his Half in Ten campaign at Steel Point in Bridgeport, Connecticut last Thursday in the hot afternoon sun.
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Longshore talks continue after contract expired
July 23, 2008West Coast longshore workers of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union are continuing talks with the employers’ Pacific Maritime Association for a new agreement, following the July 1 expiration of their contract. “We’re making progress and...
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