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At home in union-made utopia: PBS looks at the housing co-op movement
April 25, 2009Original source: Three elderly New Yorkers—Yok Ziebel, Julie Luguvoy and Pete Rosenblum—are meeting at the apartment complex in the Bronx where they grew up together. They embrace with all of the affection of lifelong friends. They...
Read moreCartoon: What good are they?
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Youth urge Congress to pass budget: Put Americas future first
April 24, 2009National youth and campus groups participated in a nationwide call-in April 21 urging Congress to move quickly and pass a progressive budget that would support increased college access and affordability, green jobs and expanded healthcare coverage...
Read moreCase alleging discrimination against whites in employment reaches Supreme Court
April 24, 2009Original source: The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Ricci v. DeStefano, a race discrimination lawsuit against the city of New Haven, Connecticut, by White and Latino firefighters who claim that the city's decision not to...
Read moreEducating Timothy Geithner: The Congressional Review Panel on Capitol Hill
April 24, 2009Original source: The American people worry about how their $590 billion in taxpayer money is being spent in the big bank bailout—and, on Capitol Hill today, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was told why. In his...
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