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Honduran regime of fear

July 30, 2009

Original source: Last month Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was kidnapped by the army and expelled from the country. But last Friday he vowed to re-enter Honduras at a border crossing where thousands of his supporters had...

JON STEWART VIDEO Conservative William Kristol admits government-run health care is first class

July 30, 2009 By Pepe Lozano

Bill Kristol bets that Sarah Palin will come on the Daily Show and admits the government can provide first-class health care on Jon Stewart's Daily Show.

Civil rights leaders talk economy, housing at La Raza conference

July 30, 2009

CHICAGO – Civil rights leaders and fair housing advocates during a “Putting Our Communities on the Map: The Economic Road to Recovery,” town hall meeting at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) conference here said...

Labor issues call for a new New Deal

July 30, 2009

The executive council of the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor federation, called for a massive second economic stimulus package yesterday, modeled after FDR’s Works Progress Administration, noting that the agency put 3.5 million people to work...

As food stamp use rises 20 percent, retail stores open doors

July 30, 2009

In a sign of the growing recessionary troubles, several retail outlets have begun accepting food stamps. According to USA Today, Family Dollar, 7-11, Costco and Target are among the outlets. Greater profits along with consumer demand...