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While profits soar, two more miners die
June 2, 2006PITTSBURGH — The coal that miners extract at the Miller Brothers strip mine in Breathitt County, Ky., keeps the lights on in the chambers of Congress. On May 23, the Senate passed the Mine Improvement and...
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Immigration bills head to showdown; mass pressure seen as key to immigrant rights
June 2, 2006With the May 25 Senate passage of S 2611, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006, both houses of Congress have approved separate major immigration bills. The next step is for a House/Senate conference committee to...
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Guilty! Enron workers cheer Lay, Skilling verdicts
June 2, 2006HOUSTON – Enron workers who lost billions in pension benefits when the company collapsed are voicing satisfaction that at last top Enron executives have been found guilty of a long list of crimes that plunged the...
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Sophie Gerson, labor heroine and communist, 96
May 26, 2006Sophie Gerson, a legendary figure in the history of textile union organizing in the South and a lifelong fighter for peace, justice and socialism, died March 20. She was 96. Like many in her generation, Gerson...
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One woman revolution
May 26, 2006Katherine Dunham, a pioneering dancer and choreographer, author and civil rights activist who founded America’s first major Black modern dance company, died May 21. She was 96. Dunham was perhaps best known for bringing African and...
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