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Avondale shipyard workers hold save jobs rally
September 29, 2010When Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast region five years ago many of the workers at the Avondale shipyard near New Orleans stayed behind when the area was evacuated.
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Facing Race conference highlights hope, vision and change
September 29, 2010More than 1,000 racial justice activists, educators and journalists convenedin Chicago Sept. 23-25 at the McCormick Hyatt Regency during the Applied Research Center's 2010 Facing Race national conference.
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Saving Bragg Nature Center: Another Obama success story
September 29, 2010The construction crews were hired thanks to a $3 million grant under President Obama's economic stimulus package - one of hundreds of projects across the nation that are creating millions of jobs.
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Ballot prop to legalize pot gets everyone’s attention
September 29, 2010If you want voters to pay attention to propositions, try putting one on the ballot to legalize pot.
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“Pro-Muslim” textbooks banned in Texas
September 28, 2010By focusing on Texas, the extreme right has been able to keep Thomas Jefferson and Thurgood Marshall out of textbooks in districts around the country.
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