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Texas unemployment offices break down
July 19, 2009Unprecedented unemployment and political posturing by Governor Rick Perry have forced the Texas Workforce Commmission into a complete breakdown. There were warnings from the Texas AFL-CIO more than a month ago, but the corporate media reported...
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COMMENTARY Affirmative action and disregard of evidence
July 18, 2009The five reactionary Supreme Court judges ignored evidence and ruled to let stand the results of a 2003 firefighter promotion test, even though no African Americans were promoted, and despite the fact that second-generation fire fighters,...
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COMMENTARY Public options for a dual economy
July 18, 2009The egregious economic crimes perpetrated by U.S. finance capital have compelled new positive change in the balance of forces in our country. The swindle of trillions of dollars with its destruction of the hosing stock, the...
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VIDEO President Obama addresses the NAACP @100
July 17, 2009President Obama's speech at the NAACP convention, July 16, 2009.
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Full text of President Obama speech to the NAACP Centennial Convention
July 17, 2009As prepared for delivery for July 16. It is an honor to be here, in the city where the NAACP was formed, to mark its centennial. What we celebrate tonight is not simply the journey the...
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