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Employee Free Choice Act is good for Black workers
April 6, 2009Original source: The Employee Free Choice Act, which is currently under consideration by Congress, is a bill that would make it easier for all workers to join unions by giving them the option to choose how...
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Judge: Detainees can use US courts
April 5, 2009Original source: A US judge has ruled that some foreign detainees held without charge at the Bagram air base in Afghanistan have the right to challenge their detention in US courts. On Thursday, US District Judge...
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‘Oh, give us a break’ department: GOP proposes running clock back on 2008 elections
April 5, 2009Assuming an air of martyrdom, the Republican Party is trying to overturn the results of two 2008 senatorial elections, but is going to end up as a laughingstock. The first case is that of former Alaska...
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Mexican literature at the crossroads of three cultures
April 5, 2009Mexican literature, guest of honour at the 2009 Paris Book Fair, feeds on indigenous, Latin American, and international influences, presenting a literary production that could make one appreciate globalisation.
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30,000 jobs lost a day in March
April 5, 2009Original source: The bloodletting of U.S. jobs continues at an unprecedented pace: In March, the number of jobless workers worsened by 663,000, to 13.2 million, and the unemployment rate rose to 8.5 percent. That’s about 30,000...
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