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The case of the ticking Timex turkey
November 27, 2008Jobs come, jobs go. These days they just seem to be vanishing into the ether. But back when Nixon roamed the earth, I was young, earnest and curious about the lives of working-class Americans. So I...
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Bush justice served
November 27, 2008DALLAS — On Nov. 24, Bush administration attorneys got what they wanted from a jury here. The second extended version of the Holy Land Foundation Trial ended with a guilty verdict against five former leaders of...
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Global labor needs a global stimulus
November 26, 2008“Workers of the World Unite” is back by popular demand. And not just by demand, but by necessity. Global transnational corporations and their partners finance capital are working full time to craft an economic solution to...
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Poll upholds mandate for jobs, change
November 26, 2008WASHINGTON—Pollster Stanley Greenberg confirmed Barack Obama’s sweeping election mandate to create jobs in a Democracy Corps poll that he released Nov. 18 at a conference at the Library of Congress sponsored by the Campaign for America’s...
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We can stop the hate, leaders say
November 26, 2008National civil rights groups held a press conference Nov. 24 condemning the rise of hate crimes against immigrants and communities of color during and since the presidential election. Marcelo Lucero, originally from Ecuador was living in...
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