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Stopping a Chicago eviction
December 6, 2010CHICAGO - The Tellez family are vowing not to be evicted from their Northwest Side home, and Alvaro Tellez says he is fighting for his children and their future.
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Workers bracing for “right-to-work” assault
December 6, 2010The right-wing Republican agenda is becoming more apparent as we inch closer and closer to January 2011 and the start of the new legislative session.
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MoveOn.org speakout: No tax cuts for billionaires
December 3, 2010“No Tax Bailouts for Billionaires” was the message of thousands of MoveOn.org members who joined street corner “speakouts” outside congressional district offices across the nation Dec. 2.
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Despite Christmas hiring, unemployment rate jumps
December 3, 2010Just as Nero fiddled while Rome burned, the GOP pushes for tax breaks for billionaires as America's economy crumbles.
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Civil unions OK’d in “heart of heartland” Illinois
December 3, 2010SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - "Exhaustimicated!" that's what Equality Illinois' Rick Garcia told Chicago-based Windy City Times, after this week's historic two-day vote in the Illinois state legislature in favor of same-sex civil unions.
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