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Leaders demand GOP condemn Cantor call to abolish Social Security
March 31, 2011Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and leading senior advocates demanded today that Republican lawmakers condemn Majority Leader Eric Cantor's call to abolish Social Security and Medicare.
Read moreSmall Wal-Mart action led to big sex discrimination suit
March 31, 2011It all started with something Betty Dukes didn't do in 1998 at a Wal-Mart store in Pittsburg, Calif. She didn't come back late from lunch.
Read moreGeorgia activists denounce anti-immigrant bills
March 30, 2011Georgia state lawmakers are considering tough anti-immigrant bills similar to Arizona's draconian and controversial SB 1070, which passed last year.
Read moreThird grade homework: Should U.S. put “illegal aliens” to death?
March 30, 2011A troubling homework assignment asked third-graders, "What is an illegal alien?" and whether the U.S. should put them to death, force them to work in the army or shoot them into outer space.
Read moreObama pledges “limited” U.S. involvement in Libya
March 30, 2011President Obama defended U.S. intervention in Libya and promised to hand over leadership of the No Fly Zone and Libyan humanitarian efforts to NATO by today.
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