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After elections, Venezuelans vow to press ahead
December 7, 2007The campaign to reshape Venezuela’s 1999 constitution toward a socialist future ended Dec. 2 in a narrow defeat for the government of President Hugo Chavez. Hours after polls closed on the vote for two referendums that...
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Bali and Beyond: A New Green Economics
December 5, 2007We have read the science. Global warming is real, and we are a prime cause. We have heard the warnings. Unless we act, now, we face serious consequences. Polar ice may melt. Sea levels will rise....
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HUD Sends New Orleans Bulldozers and $400,000 Apartments for the Holidays
December 5, 2007On the 12th day before Christmas, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is planning to unleash teams of bulldozers to demolish thousands of low-income apartments in New Orleans. Despite Katrina causing the worst...
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Columbus janitors win union
December 4, 2007COLUMBUS, Ohio—Coming on the heels of organizing victories in Cincinnati and Houston, some 1,200 janitors here, organizing with SEIU, won contracts with nine of the city’s largest employers last month. “This is a historic victory,” said...
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U.S.-Mexico anti-drug plan sparks uproar
November 30, 2007A hullabaloo has arisen over a secretly negotiated anti-drug proposal that would include new U.S. funds for Mexican and Central American security forces. The deal, finalized in a meeting in Merida, the capital of Mexico’s Yucatan...
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