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1,000 demand “Good Jobs Now” at Progressive Caucus speakout
July 23, 2011SEATTLE - People lined up at microphones at a July 23 "speak out" here to demand that Congress stop kowtowing to the corporations and do what voters elected them to do: create good jobs at a...
Read moreFight against privatization roils a Maryland county
July 22, 2011Hundreds of Frederick County workers packed the county hearing room to speak to the five county commissioners two days in a row this week.
Read moreLouisiana workers say union jobs break down barriers
July 21, 2011The bosses don't want lots of union workers because they tend to break down the racial divide that has slowed progress in this part of the country ever since the end of the Civil War.
Read moreNew Orleans diary: Seafood, hospitality, an appeal for help
July 20, 2011Katrina was the first in what would become a series of tragedies for the Big Easy, the next being the 2010 BP oil spill.
Read moreSurprising voices say it’s time to “embrace” immigration
July 20, 2011At Monday's "Immigration and Michigan's Economic Future" conference, CEOs, foundation leaders, New York's mayor and Michigan's Republican governor all discussed the benefits of immigration.
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