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Clergy: “Reject grand bargain, tax the rich”
November 12, 2012Federal budget cuts will devastate social programs, "plunge communities into ruin and destruction, and cost lives."
Read moreJanitors slated for Christmas layoff swamp City Hall
November 9, 2012Hundreds of O'Hare Airport workers slated to lose their jobs just before Christmas marched through City Hall today, chanting and waving banners, flags and signs.
Read moreElection Day in California: a bad day for Republicans
November 9, 2012Nov. 6 was a very bad day to be a Republican in California.
Read moreThe 2012 elections changed Texas
November 8, 2012The growing Latino vote, much discussed in national politics, may have accounted for the Democrats' successes in Texas.
Read moreSneak attack on financial regulations underway on Capitol Hill
November 8, 2012A sneak attack against financial re-regulation - undoing the reforms imposed on Wall Street and similar finaglers after the 2008 crash - is underway on Capitol Hill.
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