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Few safety nets for women of color
March 5, 2009UNITED NATIONS, Mar 2 (IPS) - As hundreds of activists from around the world descend on the United Nations Monday for a major two-week meeting on women's rights and equality, the economic crisis here in the...
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CORRUPTION-US: How Wall Street paid for its own funeral
March 5, 2009WASHINGTON, Mar 4 (IPS) - A new report says that Wall Street has only itself to blame for the misguided deregulation that led to the current deepening financial crisis. Issued Wednesday by Essential Information and the...
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Climate protesters surround Capitol coal plant
March 5, 2009Original source: A nonviolent protest underway in Washington aims to shut down the U.S. Capitol's own coal-fired power plant to demand federal action on the deepening climate crisis. Despite snowy weather, a crowd estimated at more...
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Health advocates tell Capitol Hill: go for single-payer, not Mass. plan
March 4, 2009A packed Capitol Hill forum Feb. 25 heard a warning that national health care reform should steer clear of the problems Massachusetts has experienced with its state program. Titled “National Lessons from State Health Reform: the...
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Economist: Encouraging family-friendly workplace policies
March 4, 2009This is a copy of Center for American Progress Action Fund Senior Economist Heather Boushey testimony before the House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Workplace Protections. You can download the full testimony (pdf) For...
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