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Cook County passes historic immigrant rights ordinance
September 8, 2011Cook County passed a major immigrant rights ordinance aiming to free undocumented immigrants being held in jails throughout the county.
Read moreTop 13 tweets on GOP debate
September 8, 2011The Twitteratti were in rare form after the GOP debate, Sept. 7. Here are the top 13 tweets that came across @PeopleWorld Twitter time line.
Read moreConnecticut Working Families Party sets agenda for 2012
September 8, 2011This state's Working Families Party convened their annual meeting last week with a dispaly of strength.
Read moreEPA to hire the unemployed in Michigan
September 8, 2011The program will specifically target Michigan's youth - who suffer nearly 50 percent unemployment rates in Detroit.
Read moreHundreds arrested in pro-environment civil disobedience
September 7, 2011The demonstration is the longest sustained civil disobedience action since the civil rights movement and the largest since 1977.
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