U.S.
Firefighters, nurses, farmers turn up heat in Walkerville
June 7, 2011Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold led 1,000 firefighters, nurses, farmers and a motorcade of taxi cabs and an antique fire engine, in a demonstration that encircled Capitol Square.
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Supreme Court lets anti-immigrant law stand
June 7, 2011By a 5-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Arizona's first anti-immigrant law is legal.
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“Walkerville” tent city grows in Wisconsin
June 6, 2011Like the workers who built "Hooverville" tent cities in the Depression of the 1920s and '30s, protestors are dramatizing their opposition to Republicans' economic policies.
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Michigan’s new budget increases pain and misery
June 6, 2011Republicans claim the budget, which awaits the governor's signature, is groundbreaking. Backbreaking would be more apt.
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GOP’s privatization of Social Security would hurt veterans
June 6, 2011Almost 800,000 veterans receive Social Security disability benefits, with an additional 2 million or more spouses and children eligible as well.
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