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Hundreds rally to stop Illinois budget cuts
June 5, 2009CHICAGO – Hundreds representing dozens of local community groups here rallied in front of the downtown James R. Thompson Center June 4 against the “doomsday” budget cuts that were approved by the Illinois General Assembly late...
Read moreWhite House: Employee Free Choice a Priority
June 5, 2009In yesterday’s White House press briefing, a reporter raised the question of whether President Barack Obama and the administration continued to support the Employee Free Choice Act.
Read moreOne in five children sinking into poverty
June 5, 2009WASHINGTON, Jun 3 (IPS) - U.S. children’s quality of life is expected to decline through 2010 due to the impacts of the financial crisis, said a new report by the Foundation for Child Development (FDC), released...
Read moreTo rebuild U.S. economy, we need to make things again
June 5, 2009WASHINGTON — 'We've had eight years of a failed economic policy,' Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) told a packed workshop titled “Manufacturing America: Common Sense About Global Economic Strategy,” at the America’s Future Now conference here this...
Read moreGrassroots rising up for public health care option
June 5, 2009SEQUIM, Wash. — More than 70 people turned out June 2 to hear Organizing for America’s Washington State organizer, Dustin Lambro, call for a powerful grassroots movement here and across the nation to win national health...
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