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Pittsburgh G20 in black and white

September 27, 2009 By Travis Neely

As the group of the 20 (G20) largest economies in the world met in Pittsburgh, issues of civil liberties and free speech played out in the streets.

Honduras: Outrageous attacks on Brazilian embassy bring UN rebuke

September 27, 2009

Attacks by Honduran military and police on the Brazilian embassy in the capital of Tegucigalpa, including the use of toxic gases and high decibel noise, are causing worldwide condemnation, including a denunciation by the United Nations...

Detroit fights for access to fresh food

September 27, 2009 By John Rummel

DETROIT — This is a city in crisis whose residents get hit from many angles. The city’s unemployment rate (officially near 30 percent) alone would spell catastrophe for any population.

Wells Fargo guilty of crimes against workers, rally charges

September 27, 2009

CHICAGO – Hundreds of labor, faith based and community leaders rallied here in front the downtown corporate offices of Wells Fargo Sept. 24 calling the bank guilty of criminal actions aimed at working people.

Labor journalists to look behind the scenes before G-20

September 27, 2009 By John Wojcik

Two weeks before the G-20 summit opens in Pittsburgh to discuss the global economic crisis, labor journalists from across the country will be in the Steel City to document what’s really going on with workers without...