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Santorum’s anti-black blabber

January 6, 2012 By Blake Skylar

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum has set his sights on a new target: struggling African-Americans.

After five years, Mexico still in the grip of drug war

January 6, 2012 By Tim Pelzer

The Mexican government has lost control of the situation and turned the country into a battlefield.

Airline union win shows importance of courts to workers

January 6, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

When the nation's transportation unions won a significant decision on union election rules, in federal appeals court, it emphasized the importance of courts to workers.

Missouri coalition aims to put minimum wage increase on Nov. ballot

January 6, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky

Missouri's minimum wage workers could be getting a $1 an hour raise next year - currently, Missouri's minimum wage is $7.25 an hour.

Obama bulldozes GOP wall of obstruction

January 5, 2012 By Rick Nagin

The president said he was forced to make the appointment now, during the current Congressional recess, if the consumer protection agency was to function.