U.S.
Union leaders announce ‘big improvements’ in Senate’s health care tax plan
January 15, 2010Leaders of America's major unions, coming out of intense negotiations with the president and congressional leaders, said late yesterday that they were close to winning big improvements for workers in the health care reform legislation nearing...
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Guitars should be a means to liberation, not exploitation, says Rage’s Morello
January 15, 2010Tom Morello, guitarist of Rage Against the Machine and Street Sweeper Social Club, alongside musician Serj Tankian, of alternative metal band System of a Down, joined representitives of Korean guitar workers in a protest against Cort...
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Prosecutors target Northwestern University journalism students
January 14, 2010CHICAGO, Ill. – Cook County prosecutors here have issued a subpoena seeking the grades and emails of journalism students at Northwestern University. The students conducted a three-year investigation that they say found a man serving a...
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Landmark marriage equality trial opens in San Francisco
January 14, 2010A San Francisco courtroom has become the latest venue in the nationwide campaign for marriage equality.
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For-profit firms jam up food stamp delivery
January 14, 2010Extreme poverty and hunger is growing across the country, yet, a majority of states don't reach their entire eligible populations.
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