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Board slashes workers rights to join unions
October 6, 2006By a razor-thin margin, the National Labor Relations Board voted 3-2 on Oct. 3 to immediately rob up to 8 million workers of their right to belong to a union. The five-member board ruled that workers...
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Action urged to ensure all can vote, Groups mobilize to defend voting rights on Nov. 7
October 6, 2006Unless urgent action is taken, millions of Americans may be denied their right to vote and have their vote counted this November, voting rights advocates warn.
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Flood of sleaze engulfs GOP
October 6, 2006WASHINGTON — One month from the Nov. 7 midterm elections, a firestorm is raging over the revelation that House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and other Republican leaders covered up Rep. Mark Foley’s sexually explicit contacts with...
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U.S. blocks medical exchange with Cuba
October 3, 2006It is commonly believed that the U.S. blockade against Cuba, in force for over four decades, is limited to politics and economics. Cooperation for people's health is allowed, right? Wrong: For the second year in a...
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LETTERS
September 29, 2006Info on Cuban 5 Could you please tell me the status of the Cuban Five? I think it’s likely that the addresses could have changed and some are released by now? Had long wanted to write...
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