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  • Reviving Latino workforce key to rebuilding America

    Reviving Latino workforce key to rebuilding America

    June 21, 2009

    Original source: The recession has hurt all America’s workers, especially Latino workers. Despite their growing political power, Latinos are still at the bottom of the economic ladder. Until the nation enacts policies that help lift Latinos...

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  • Climate change brings new diseases

    Climate change brings new diseases

    June 21, 2009

    BERLIN, Jun 19 (IPS) - As its name suggests, the West Nile virus, a leading cause of a form of meningitis and a neuro-invasive disease, has until recently been reported mostly in tropical and sub-tropical African...

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  • LGBT civil rights groups score another victory

    LGBT civil rights groups score another victory

    June 21, 2009

    A US Census Bureau spokesperson reportedly told reporters this past week that his organization intends to count officially the number of same-sex married couples for the 2010 census. Steve Jost of the Bureau told reporters Friday,...

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  • Minnesota lawmakers ask Congress to offer public health option

    Minnesota lawmakers ask Congress to offer public health option

    June 20, 2009 By Workday Minnesota

    WASHINGTON - Thirty-two Minnesota legislators have signed a letter supporting the Public Insurance Option as a key part of affordable health care for all Americans. President Obama has said a public insurance plan option to essential...

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  • A Fathers Day gift with lasting impact

    A Fathers Day gift with lasting impact

    June 20, 2009

    On Father’s Day, we honor our dads for the long hours of hard work they put in to raise us from newborns to adults—and for the many memorable moments in between: the shoulder rides and road...

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