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Bloombergs grip may be slipping
August 14, 2009NEW YORK—“Rich guys don’t always win.” That’s what Mayor Michael Bloomberg, running for re-election in November on the Republican and Independence Parties’ lines, told the Working Families Party forum July 6, in response to a question...
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The last thing Detroit needs: Wall Street dictators
August 14, 2009Opinion DETROIT — If one looks at the big picture, the city of Detroit is being set up by the powers that be, including the news media, for the same treatment as the school system here...
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Labor and bloggers join forces at Netroots Nation
August 14, 2009PITTSBURGH, Pa. - 'We are using technology to go beyond our traditional organizing efforts,' Eric Russell, from the United Steelworkers union (USW) communications department, told workshop attendees here at the Netroots Nation conference August 13. 'We're...
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Soldier resists Afghanistan deployment
August 14, 2009Sgt. Travis Bishop served 14 months in Iraq before he was ordered to deploy to war stricken Afghanistan. Yet he refused to go and calls the war “illegal.” He is the second soldier in the past...
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Oklahomans battle poultry companies to save their rivers
August 14, 2009Oklahoma’s attorney general is suing Tyson Foods and other poultry processors, charging them with polluting an area of his state known for its chain of scenic lakes and rivers.
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