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Obama: No trade deals without help for workers

May 24, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The Obama administration tells congressional Republicans, biggest backers of so-called "free trade" treaties, they must restore trade aid for workers who lost their jobs to imports.

Political murder in Vietnamese America – a new film

May 24, 2011 By Nadya Williams

An unexplored and deadly consequence of the Vietnam war occurred on U.S. soil - the political assassinations of six Vietnamese-Americans, five of them journalists - between 1981 and 1990.

PATRIOT Act reauthorization move demands reforms

May 24, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

The Senate voted Monday, May 23, to go forward with debate on reauthorization of several provisions of the Patriot Act. Media reports indicated that House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.,...

Union helped hotel worker stand up to IMF chief

May 24, 2011 By John Wojcik

Several articles in the major media are discussing the high risk of sexual assault that housekeepers face in hotels. Sexual assault and harassment is rampant, maids are afraid to complain to management because of fear of...

Supreme Court rules Calif. must reduce inmates

May 24, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

After a long court battle, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, on May 23 that California must lower its prison population by tens of thousands in the next two years, so the state can provide decent...