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  • In hard times, Women’s Day spotlights money

    In hard times, Women’s Day spotlights money

    March 8, 2009

    Original source: WASHINGTON, D.C. (WOMENSENEWS)--When titans of New York's finance industry are asked to come to Washington, D.C., these days, it's usually not to accept an award for outstanding service to the global community. But that...

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  • Homeowners fight foreclosure injustice

    Homeowners fight foreclosure injustice

    March 7, 2009

    BALTIMORE—Louis Beverly, an ACORN leader here, used a bolt cutter to break the lock on Donna Hanks foreclosed home so she could move back into the house in east Baltimore she lost in foreclosure. Baltimore police...

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  • Waiting begins on Prop. 8 ruling

    Waiting begins on Prop. 8 ruling

    March 7, 2009

    Now that their testimony has been heard in California’s Supreme Court, the wait has begun for marriage equality activists seeking to overturn a constitutional amendment passed by voters in November, declaring that marriage is between a...

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  • New Yorkers fight City Hall on taxes

    New Yorkers fight City Hall on taxes

    March 7, 2009 By Dan Margolis

    NEW YORK — Tens of thousands of people— unionists, community members, religious leaders and elected officials—came out here, March 5, at City Hall and in cities across the state to demand a fair budget for working...

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  • WHATS ON

    WHATS ON

    March 7, 2009

    Cambridge, MA Center for Marxist Education Winter & Spring Schedule 2009 March 11, Wed., 7 p.m. Women, Work & Society - Beginning of the discussion. Women’s work in industry & agriculture, arts & sciences, education &...

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