U.S.
Last minute Bush push threatens workers, consumers and environment
November 18, 2008The Bush administration is in a midnight frenzy, churning out a stream of regulations designed to cement its right-wing legacy of damage to the environment and attacks on workers and consumers. If successful, a virtual dream...
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Gay rights rallies held across the nation
November 17, 2008BOSTON — Gay rights supporters waving rainbow colors marched, chanted and danced in cities coast to coast Saturday to protest the vote that banned gay marriage in California and to urge supporters not to quit the...
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Asians, Latinos, immigrants vote in record numbers
November 14, 2008The We Are America Alliance (WAAA), a nonprofit, nonpartisan national coalition of 14 groups said in a post-election press conference that there was a record turnout of Asian, Latino and immigrant voters on Nov. 4. Shifting...
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It aint over til its over
November 14, 2008Georgia unions work to elect Democrat in Dec. 2 Senate runoff The Georgia AFL-CIO has plunged into the fight to oust Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss and elect Vietnam veteran Jim Martin, a liberal pro-labor Democrat, in...
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OPINION: New opportunity for immigration reform
November 12, 2008With the new Obama administration and an enhanced Democratic majority in Congress, we can make new advances on immigrants' rights. In the last few years the Bush administration dropped all pretense of being immigrant-friendly. Enforcement actions...
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