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As injuries soar, Sacramentans offer help to Hyatt’s housekeepers

November 23, 2010 By Nell Ranta

With brooms and mops held high, our group of 35 people, including the president of the Central Labor Council and religious leaders, marched into the Hyatt Hotel lobby.

Study: Wi-Fi radiation harmful to trees

November 23, 2010 By Pepe Lozano

The entire digital revolution sweeping the world these days may not be so great after all especially when it comes to protecting the environment.

In Europe, poor countries in economic straightjacket

November 23, 2010 By Emile Schepers

To satisfy the International Monetary Fund, countries like Ireland and Greece have taken drastic anti-worker measures.

TSA airport checks: making sense of the furor

November 23, 2010 By Susan Webb

Civil liberties advocates, libertarians and some passengers are protesting new airport security screening procedures, while some are skeptical about the furor.

Pope’s condom statement offers Rorschach theology

November 23, 2010 By Teresa Albano

Pope Benedict XVI set off a firestorm this week when the Vatican released excerpts from a new book in which the pontiff obliquely says that HIV prevention might be a reason for condoms.