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States move to boost minimum wage

January 27, 2006 By World Combined Sources

Congress has frozen the federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour for nine years, but state legislatures have taken action to boost that minimum locally. On Jan. 17, Maryland became the 18th state to do so...

Pennsylvanians press for minimum wage increase

January 27, 2006 By Ben Sears

The signs filling the Capitol Rotunda here told the story: “We Want Fair Wages,” “Help the Working Poor,” and “Vote Now!” For the third time in seven months a broad coalition of labor, community and religious...

Young communists hold national school

January 27, 2006

Over a dozen members of the Young Communist League USA participated in a seven-day National Youth School facilitated by four leading members of the Communist Party USA here during the week of Jan. 8-14.

Gibran exhibit visits Arab American museum

January 27, 2006 By Barbara Russum

The Arab American National Museum will feature an exhibition of works by Lebanese American poet and artist Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931). The exhibition, “To Discover Beauty: The Art of Kahlil Gibran, Selections from the Collection of the...

Dirigo works! Maine citizens fed up with attacks on Dirigo Health

January 27, 2006 By Sara Stalman, MD

Maine’s Dirigo Health Plan is working! Supporters gathered at the Maine Statehouse in Augusta on Jan. 12 to rally support for the program that Gov. John Baldacci, Democrat of Bangor, is fighting hard to preserve.