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Oakland residents demand action vs. banks
March 12, 2010OAKLAND, Calif. - Fighting back tears, anger in his voice, Al Marshall recounted how his "kids were crying when the judgment came down" to abandon the home in which they were growing up.
Read moreNew report cites “explosion” of radical right groups
March 12, 2010Last year saw an "explosion" of extremist groups and activism across the U.S., the Southern Poverty Law Center says in a new report, "Rage on the Right: The Year in Hate and Extremism."
Read moreTired of margarine, janitors demand health care as their “butter”
March 12, 2010Detroit janitors fight foraffordable health care as key contract issue. " I'm tired of Parkay, I want butter too."
Read moreUndocumented and unafraid, youth rally for immigration reform
March 11, 2010Hundreds of students rallied here at the Federal Plaza Wednesday in a "National Coming Out of the Shadows Day" for comprehensive immigration reform.
Read moreChicago students walkout to protest sports cuts
March 11, 2010Hundreds of high school students walked out of classes across the city March 10 to protest elimination of junior varsity sports programs.
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