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How many hours has your bus driver been behind the wheel?

November 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The next time you get on an inter-city bus, ask the driver how many hours he or she has spent behind the wheel in the last week.

What happens to children after parents are detained and deported?

November 4, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

You're put in a detention center hundreds of miles away with absolutely no right to see your kids for months, sometimes years.

Economy adds paltry 80,000 jobs, official jobless rate 9 percent

November 4, 2011 By John Wojcik

Just 80,000 jobs were added in the U.S. economy in October and the official unemployment rate was 9 percent, almost unchanged from September.

Border Occupy movement: deadlines, police violence, solidarity

November 4, 2011 By Owen Williamson

Police visited the site of the Occupation in the city's central San Jacinto Plaza and warned occupiers to vacate.

Construction workers more likely to die on the job

November 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Over their careers, construction workers have a one in 200 chance of dying on the job, five times what the government considers the "significant" risk.