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  • Auto union to take control of Chrysler

    Auto union to take control of Chrysler

    April 30, 2009

    Original source: US union members are about to take over the massive Chrysler car firm in what would be a stunning blow for rich investors on Wall Street, it was revealed on Tuesday. The United Auto...

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  • Labor reacts to Specters switch to the Democratic Party

    Labor reacts to Specters switch to the Democratic Party

    April 29, 2009

    The AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor federation, reacted quickly to the announcement by Pennsylvania’s Republican Senator Arlen Specter that he is switching to the Democratic Party. “Specter’s vote on the Employee Free Choice Act has been...

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  • Gay couples marry in Iowa, hate crimes protection advances in Congress

    Gay couples marry in Iowa, hate crimes protection advances in Congress

    April 29, 2009

    Same-sex couples began applying for marriage licenses across Iowa April 27, after the state’s Supreme Court ruled to legalize gay marriage earlier this month. By the end of the first day the ruling took effect, more...

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  • 100 days

    100 days

    April 29, 2009

    As we mark the first 100 days of the Obama presidency, it is still necessary to ask, “Is this real? Is the eight-year Bush nightmare really over?” The response, of course, is, “It’s real, but the...

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  • OPINION: Cuba and Venezuela are not enemies

    OPINION: Cuba and Venezuela are not enemies

    April 29, 2009

    The Obama administration did the right thing when it ordered the closing of the Guantanamo torture prison, and restored the right of Cuban Americans to travel and send remittances to their relatives on the island nation....

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