U.S.
Lawmakers take aim at off-shore tax havens
April 21, 2009WASHINGTON - (PAI) Prompted by the convergence of Income Tax Day and a report showing up to $1 trillion over 10 years in U.S. tax losses due to offshore corporate tax havens, several lawmakers are trying...
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Greens hail Obama’s ok to regulate greenhouse emissions
April 19, 2009WASHINGTON, Apr 17 (IPS) - U.S. green groups hailed Friday's formal finding by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that carbon dioxide and several other greenhouse gases 'endanger' public health and welfare as a landmark – if...
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Texas governor threatens secession
April 18, 2009HOUSTON – Gov. Rick Perry of Texas has threatened secession from the union. “Texas is a unique place,” Perry declared. “When we came into the Union in 1845, one of the issues was that we would...
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Racial gap is widening, equality advocates warn
April 18, 2009Racial inequality is widening in the current economic crisis, leaders of social justice groups warned in a national phone forum this week. Under the theme “Race and Recession,” the Compact for Racial Justice forum, April 14,...
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Judith Krug, librarian, tireless advocate for First Amendment rights, dies
April 18, 2009CHICAGO — Judith Fingeret Krug, 69, the long-time director of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) and executive director of the Freedom to Read Foundation, who fought censorship on behalf of the...
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