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Grassroots action: Join us in DC June 25, lobby for quality, affordable health care for all’
June 18, 2009Under the banner “Health Care ’09: We Can’t Wait,” Americans across the country are being urged to get on buses, planes or trains or car pool to Washington June 25, “to lobby every Member of Congress...
Read moreAnti-immigrant suspects in Ariz. killing have ties to white supremacists
June 18, 2009Original source: The recent murders of a Kansas doctor who performed late-term abortions and of a guard at the National Holocaust Museum have stoked fears of a rise in right-wing extremist violence -- just as that...
Read moreCOBRA’s high cost bites into jobless safety net
June 18, 2009Original source: (WOMENSENEWS)--When Jane Schiffler loses her job on July 1, the college administrator will face tough choices. 'To help make ends meet for me and my 7-year-old son, I've decided to give up our land...
Read moreCivil rights groups urge ‘huge groundswell’ to end predatory lending
June 17, 2009Black, Latino, and Native American Indian leaders at an online briefing on the “racial wealth gap” said it will take a tidal wave of public pressure to win passage of legislation outlawing predatory lending and other...
Read moreEnvironmental movement, unions come together for healthy planet, workers rights
June 17, 2009In a great piece of the latest issue of Grist, Kate Sheppard looks at the ways the union and environmental movements are working together to make sure the emerging energy economy is sustainable and fair to...
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