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A wolf in sheeps clothing: Vote No on 98, Yes on 99!
April 24, 2008Dueling ballot initiatives dealing with the same subject — reforming the government’s ability to take private property under eminent domain — will share center stage in California’s June 3 statewide primary election. Though the official titles...
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India fights soaring food prices
April 24, 2008Food prices are soaring around the world. Long lines for rations of rice or wheat flour snake through cities and towns across Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and the Americas. Food protests have rocked Haiti, Egypt, Senegal,...
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Texas nurses organize
April 24, 2008HOUSTON – Nurses at Tenet Healthcare, owned by Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital, voted March 28 to organize and form a union with the California Nurses Association. The hospital is located in northwest Houston and employs...
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Opposition to racist sheriff’s ‘saturation raids’ grows
April 23, 2008PHOENIX – Elected officials, religious leaders, community organizations and civil libertarians have joined a rising chorus here of Arizonans condemning the blatantly racist grandstanding of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Since January 1, Arpaio's office has...
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U.S. and Mexican workers join hands
April 23, 2008The AFL-CIO announced April 17 that it has entered into a formal alliance with Enlace, a coalition of 21 Mexican labor rights groups representing 300,000 low-wage workers in that country. Federation president John J. Sweeney said...
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