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CLUW mobilizes to protect voter rights
September 14, 2012Republican legislators are passing voter suppression laws to take voting rights away. Most affected are people of color, women and working families.
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With toxic plant ready for demolition, NJ residents voice concerns
September 14, 2012The E.C. Electroplating plant - the source of a nearly 30 year-old toxic chromium spill currently wending its way beneath this town - will be torn down in early October.
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NFL players make strong defense of LGBT equality
September 14, 2012Many athletes have publicly stated their support for having LGBT players as their teammates, and some have supported marriage equality efforts.
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Faith leaders condemn far right Values summit
September 14, 2012Catholic, Protestant and Jewish leaders, in a hastily called press conference, spoke out today against the Ryan budget.
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In Chicago, a movement is born to reclaim public education
September 13, 2012Parents, students and community groups, whose pent up outrage at school privatization dictated by Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been unleashed by the strike, joined teachers on the picket lines.
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