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Feminist and Marxist: Dorothy Smith receives lifetime sociology award
August 22, 2013At a national meeting this summer here, social theorist Dorothy E. Smith was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Activists demand Rep. Dan Lipinski support immigration reform
August 21, 2013Nestled in a small strip mall here in the shadow of Midway Airport sits Democrat Rep. Dan Lipinski's office. It was to that office immigration activists delivered a birthday cake recently.
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Manning gets 35 years, will seek White House pardon
August 21, 2013A military judge sentenced Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks.
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California prisoners’ hunger strike enters seventh week
August 21, 2013As a hunger strike by California prison inmates entered its seventh week Aug. 19, authorities said some 130 inmates in six prisons are refusing meals.
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Booming Silicon Valley economy hides rising social inequality
August 20, 2013While fueling a new source of profits for Wall Street, working families are not enjoying the benefits of California's Silicon Valley economic resurgence.
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