U.S.
Progressives in Washington have wind at their backs
June 3, 2009WASHINGTON — Thousands of progressive leaders and activists who have descended on this town this week for the America’s Future Now conference are having to adjust to something new. A delegate who has been coming to...
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Assassin part of shadow anti-choice terror network
June 3, 2009The assassination of Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kansas, this week has sent waves of revulsion across the country, renewing fears of escalating violence at reproductive health care clinics across the nation. It has also prompted...
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Mainers rally for single-payer health care
June 3, 2009AUGUSTA, Maine -- Maine people came out May 30 in support of single-payer health care. Some 300 of them joined a rally outside the Statehouse here on a day that demonstrations for John Conyers' Medicare for...
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Immigrant rights leaders launch national campaign for reform
June 3, 2009CHICAGO — A broad coalition of Illinois immigrant rights groups, community organizations, elected officials, faith, labor and business leaders launched a Reform Immigration For America national campaign here June 1. Dozens of leaders made the announcement...
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US gets 60 per cent stake in carmaker
June 3, 2009Original source: General Motors have filed for bankruptcy, giving the US government a majority ownership stake in the century-old corporation. It is the largest industrial bankruptcy in US history and the third-largest overall, after Lehman Brothers...
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