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Senate begins health reform debate, women plan protest
November 30, 2009As the Senate opened debate on health reform, the women's equality movement scheduled a "Day of Action" on Capitol Hill for Wednesday Dec. 2.
Read moreFor Black males it’s a depression
November 30, 2009While the country struggles with double-digit unemployment Black males face jobless rates that are twice as bad.
Read moreThree union leaders to be honored at ‘Keep the Ball Rolling’ event
November 28, 2009NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Three Connecticut labor leaders, Art Perry, Anna Montalvo and Gwen Mills, will be honored on Sunday, Dec. 6, with the annual Amistad Award presented by the People's World, on the occasion of...
Read moreMinnesota experience may offer solution for ‘jobless recovery’
November 27, 2009When President Obama convenes a White House forum Dec. 3 to consider ways to create jobs, he should ponder a program that worked successfully for Minnesota in the 1980s.
Read moreCapitalists caught misusing immigration law
November 25, 2009DALLAS — A giant construction project for a bridge across the Trinity River is costing a fortune, helping no one and may not go anywhere.
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