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Beware these coalition proposals
June 10, 2005A May 29 New York Times article by Robert Pear, “Health Leaders Seek Consensus Over Uninsured,” reported that “24 ideologically disparate leaders representing the health care industry, corporations and unions, and conservative and liberal groups have...
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Texans protest school cuts
June 10, 2005DALLAS — Dallas school employees staged a rally here May 23 to protest attacks on public education and tax giveaways to the rich. School board member Ron Price and officers of the American Federation of Teachers...
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Job gains weakest in 2 years
June 10, 2005The latest employment report, released by the Labor Department June 3, showed job growth slowed nearly to a crawl in May. Employers boosted payrolls by only 78,000 after a hiring spurt of 274,000 in April. May’s...
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Workers in Venezuela are now managers
June 10, 2005People Before Profits Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, speaking in Caracas on May Day, invited “all industry to be part of the new society,” saying, “We will help every industry to expand production and will provide the...
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Demonstrators hit string of anti-immigrant acts
June 10, 2005SANTA ANA, Calif. — Southern California’s progressive activists are uniting in outrage over the failure of the Orange County district attorney and the Garden Grove police department to charge Minuteman Project supporter Hal Netkin for allegedly...
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