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Teachers lend a hand in New Orleans
July 20, 2007Eighty teachers and other school worker members of the American Federation of Teachers are spending two weeks in New Orleans this summer, helping fix up damaged homes and schools, and tutor students in the hard hit...
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House moves to cut college costs
July 20, 2007Student loan debt has more than doubled over the past 10 years. The average college graduate will leave school this year owing $19,200, according to the nonprofit Project on Student Debt. However, the House of Representatives...
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At NAACPs Motown meet, its all about Black-labor unity
July 20, 2007DETROIT — Meeting in the heart of Motor City, a historic center of autoworkers and the African American working class, the NAACP placed ending racism and inequality and strengthening labor/Black unity high on the agenda of...
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Iraq veteran says soldiers turning against war
July 20, 2007Jimmy Massey, a founding member of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), says active-duty soldiers and their families are turning against the Iraq war as more and more learn the nation was duped into the war...
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How many more must die? In Senate showdown, Democrats demand withdrawal date
July 20, 2007WASHINGTON — Democrats kept the U.S. Senate in session all night, July 17-18, seeking to stop Republican efforts to block a vote on pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq within 120 days. At 11 a.m. July...
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