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Union workers craft the Oreo cookie – America’s 100-year favorite

March 6, 2012 By Blake Skylar

Oreos - with their dark chocolate shells and creamy white center - have been a household name for a long time. Today marks the 100th anniversary of the sandwich cookies, reports the AFL-CIO blog.

After “slut” diatribe, can Limbaugh show survive, and should it?

March 5, 2012 By Susan Webb

Is it OK for a major radio host, Rush Limbaugh, to use the public airwaves for character assassination?

Calif. students rally to save higher education

March 5, 2012 By Juan Lopez

Signs proclaimed, "Save our university!" "Cut fees now, save public education!" and "Millionaires tax of 2012,"

Thousands kick off Selma to Montgomery march

March 5, 2012 By John Wojcik

Organizers say that, more than a commemoration, the march this week is a demonstration against modern day attacks.

Chicago residents win 10-year battle for clean air

March 2, 2012 By John Bachtell

The plants are considered two of the dirtiest in the nation and the single largest source of greenhouse gas emission in Chicago.