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Immigrants strap themselves to wheels of deportation buses
October 14, 2013The peaceful blockade succeeded in halting the day's proceedings where detainees were to have been hauled before a judge and sentenced as a group.
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Pressure mounts against GOP-led shutdown
October 11, 2013Workers, their unions and lawmakers joined hands Oct. 10 outside the Capitol to demand that Republican House Speaker John Boehner allow a vote on legislation to open the government and raise the debt ceiling.
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How does the shutdown and the debt ceiling fight affect you?
October 10, 2013There has been precious little discussion of what the gridlock means to workers and their families outside the Capitol Beltway.
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Growing college football player protest demands NCAA reforms
October 10, 2013Though many college athletes live in poverty, a protest by National Collegiate Athletic Association football players is quietly spreading across the nation.
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Dog poop and hipsters rated higher than GOP-run House
October 10, 2013Voters surveyed also put hemorrhoids, toenail fungus, potholes, and zombies on the list of things they liked better than Congress.
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