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Teacher Appreciation Week in Chicago: a cut in pay?
May 6, 2015Teacher Appreciation Week had barely begun when news broke that teachers had to take a seven percent pay cut.
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Honduras and Paraguay coups raise questions about Venezuela
May 6, 2015So far the U.S. has held back in regard to Venezuela, though it applauds destabilization there.
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Workers flying high after major organizing wins
May 6, 2015Workers across the country have stood up in the past month to fight for better wages and working conditions.
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Study: Cutting carbon dioxide saves 3,500 U.S. lives a year
May 5, 2015The study from Harvard and Syracuse University calculates the decline in heart attacks and lung disease when soot and smog are reduced.
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Cinco de Mayo, USA-style
May 5, 2015One of my great-grandfathers was helping organize Cinco de Mayo events in Tucson by the early 1880s.
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