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Student loan reform: Obama to take on banks and their ‘army of lobbyists’
April 25, 2009On a major education reform offensive this week, President Obama met with working families struggling to pay college expenses for their children. During that meeting at the White House Friday, April 24th, the president announced a...
Read more1 million kids may have lead poisoning: what you can do
April 25, 2009Three hundred thousand children in the United States are documented as having lead poisoning. Due to poor reporting practices and failure of the health care system to test all children between 1 and 5 years of...
Read moreAt 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...
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