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Social Security advocate says bigger cost-of-living raises needed
April 24, 2013Nancy Altman told lawmakers that instead of considering how to cut the cost of living adjustments, Social Security should adopt an alternative inflation measure.
Read moreStudents strike vs. standardized tests, school closings (with video)
April 24, 2013High school students went on strike today, refusing to participate in the second day of standardized testing.
Read moreTar sands refinery expanding just south of Chicago
April 23, 2013A Chicago Earth Day rally protested construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and the threat tar sands oil poses to freshwater, air and climate. It was one of scores of actions held across the country.
Read moreTexas fertilizer plant failed to heed disclosure rules
April 23, 2013The tragic April 17 explosion at the fertilizer plant in West, Texas was, in part, a product of a severe lack of accountability and oversight by its company, West Fertilizer.
Read moreSenate immigration bill: big advances, real dangers
April 23, 2013Numerous groups are working out their point-by-point analyses of the Senate bill, which is more than 800 pages long.
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