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Hundreds remember ReeAnne Halonen, 1943-2010
November 18, 2010ReeAnne Halonen got her last wish. A Dixieland band on Nov. 14 led family and friends with trumpet and trombone blaring in a funeral procession up the street to a park two blocks from her home.
Read moreRepublicans kill Paycheck Fairness
November 18, 2010Advocates for women's equality denounced yesterday's unanimous Republican vote to kill a bill that would have strengthened enforcement of women's right to equal pay.
Read moreIn Sarah Palin’s Alaska, rival Lisa Murkowski triumphs
November 17, 2010Alaska's Republican write-in candidate Lisa Murkowski beat tea party fav Joe Miller, despite Sarah Palin's best efforts to ice the incumbent.
Read moreSchakowsky issues progressive deficit plan
November 17, 2010A leading congressional progressive issued a counter-plan to the one advocated by the deficit commission's co-chairs. The plan would reduce deficits - but not on the backs of working people.
Read moreLGBT students bullied – by their schools
November 17, 2010No one ever said going to school was fun, but for many LGBT students, it can be a downright nightmare - or even impossible.
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