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Chicago top cop links gun policy to racism
July 6, 2011Chicago's top cop says current gun policies facilitate illegal gun trafficking, and equal "government-sponsored racism."
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Farm workers protest veto of Calif. card check bill
July 6, 2011California's Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, vetoed a bill that would have allowed farm workers to use the card check method to unionize. Brown refused to meet with the farm workers and the 25 legislators that...
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National Writers Union fights for writers in Internet age
July 6, 2011Whole industries have grown up which hire writers into "content farms," paying them pennies to create verbal statements on virtually every subject.
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NBA players to owners: We want a fair deal
July 5, 2011Critics note the NBA just completed its most profitable season ever, pulling in a record $4.3 billion in revenue. And attendance was the fifth-highest total in league history.
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White House to hold Twitter town hall
July 5, 2011The White House will host the first ever "Twitter town hall" Wednesday, July 6, on the economy and the president's plan to create jobs.
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