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Attacks on reproductive rights spread to 14 states
June 23, 2006On June 13 in Columbus, Ohio, pro-choice advocates made their case to Ohio lawmakers who are considering a ban on all abortions in that state. Addressing the absence of exceptions allowing for victims of rape to...
Read moreFor green jobs: Time for an oil change in America
June 23, 2006WASHINGTON — When Exxon Mobil reported 2006 first quarter profits of $8.4 billion, it put the energy giant on track to outstrip its record $36 billion profits in 2005. Last week’s “Take Back America” conference here...
Read moreCongress Hotel strike alive and well
June 23, 2006CHICAGO — Three years to the day since workers at the downtown Congress Hotel went on strike, the strikers and their union, Unite Here Local 1, joined leaders of the city’s religious, labor and community groups...
Read moreA resource in the fight for single-payer health care
June 23, 2006Just what is The United States National Health Insurance Act, HR 676, introduced into Congress by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.)? The brief answer is that it is a proposed law in Congress to extend enhanced “Medicare...
Read moreCoalition urges water board to stop agribusiness pollution
June 20, 2006SACRAMENTO, Calif. — While municipalities, industry and other water users are subject to water quality standards when they discharge waste water into rivers and streams, agribusiness in the Central Valley and other farming areas of California...
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