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AFL-CIO officially endorses Obama
July 1, 2008The AFL-CIO officially endorsed Barack Obama for president on June 26. In the statement issued with the endorsement, the General Board declared that Obama “secured the nomination of his party in a campaign that has energized...
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Candidates who value families will win in November
July 1, 2008Workers’ Correspondence The candidates who demonstrate to voters that they value families will win in the November elections. That’s quite a reversal from the 1980s, when the conservative agenda began to be packaged as “family values.”...
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Contradictory China
July 1, 2008Almost everything you’ve heard about China is true — at least, that’s my impression from a short week-and-a-half visit to Beijing at the end of May. The scale of everything in China is hard for anyone...
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LETTERS: June 28, 2008
July 1, 2008Housing help falls short The final shape of the housing bill in Congress is becoming clear. A fairly narrow group of homeowners facing foreclosure due to subprime mortgage failures will be able to refinance fixed-rate mortgages...
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EDITORIAL: FISA filibuster
July 1, 2008The U.S. House of Representatives last week approved by a vote of 293-129 a compromise bill reauthorizing warrantless electronic spying on the American people under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). About 50 Democrats joined the...
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