U.S.
Protests tell GOP grinches: dont block kids health care
December 7, 2007WASHINGTON — In the spirit of holiday giving, labor and community activists are descending on lawmakers’ offices this month with a warning: enact SCHIP children’s health care by a veto-proof margin now or face removal from...
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HUD Sends New Orleans Bulldozers and $400,000 Apartments for the Holidays
December 5, 2007On the 12th day before Christmas, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is planning to unleash teams of bulldozers to demolish thousands of low-income apartments in New Orleans. Despite Katrina causing the worst...
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EDITORIAL: Shopping & dropping
November 30, 2007“Black Friday” has become a peculiar American institution. Retailers have promoted the day after Thanksgiving as the opening of the holiday shopping season, counting on this day to roll in a good percentage of their yearly...
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GOP recruits millionaires to replace those who fly the coop
November 30, 2007NEW YORK — Republicans are hoping to retake control of Congress by recruiting right-wing millionaires to run for office in districts now represented by pro-labor and antiwar representatives elected in 2006. Fearful of a historic shift...
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Home foreclosures are now at 2 million per year: What you can do to save homes
November 30, 2007Home foreclosures will remain at the rate of 2 million per year well into 2008. Before the crisis is over, 3 million families — homeowners and renters — may have been kicked out of their homes,...
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