U.S.
“We did it!” Nursing home workers win 13-month strike
May 13, 2011The new three-year contracts, including raises and benefit improvements and a return to work with former positions and hours, were approved by an overwhelming vote of 189 to 6.
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Nation’s largest home builder asked to account for $900 million grant
May 13, 2011In Michigan $900 million is missing and people want answers. Activists say PulteGroup Inc., the nations largest home builder, is to blame.
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In business survey Texas “reigns supreme” but California makes “hall of shame,” again
May 13, 2011Texans: Your much-maligned Lone Star State has been vindicated once again by none other than Chief Executive magazine.
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Why is the Mississippi River flooding?
May 12, 2011The right-wing National Review is rushing to instruct us that global warming has nothing to do with the record-breaking Mississippi River flood. Are they right?
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Single-payer bill introduced in Congress
May 12, 2011The U.S. is one of the few nations in the industrialized world that do not guarantee health care.
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