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GOP rewards Northrop Grumman for slashing jobs
May 31, 2011People here are in shock after Republicans, just before Memorial Day, voted in Congress to reward the owners of the Avondale Shipyard $310 million for putting 5,000 local people out of work.
Read moreIllinois poised to enact state DREAM Act
May 31, 2011The measure will not impose any cost on Illinois taxpayers and could benefit as many as 95,000 immigrant youth.
Read morePete Seeger on youth, careers, and social movements
May 31, 2011David Kupfer visited with Pete Seeger just before his 90th birthday in the spring of 2009. This is the second installment of a three part series based on the interviews.
Read moreTop labor leader: The fight is about morals
May 27, 2011AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is redefining workers' battle with the radical right as a moral struggle, saying it involves the nation's future.
Read moreMassey coal alleges government conspiracy
May 27, 2011They claim that the federal government, all the way up to and including President Obama, is conspiring to shut Massey down.
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