2009
Call to action: Nation needs labors mobilized strength, now!
April 21, 2009We are now in a time of great opportunity and tremendous danger. This past year, our nation’s people were active and mobilized like no time since the New Deal. We rose up and gave the boot...
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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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Immigration reform welcome news
April 17, 2009We welcome the news that both of the nation’s major labor federations have agreed to join forces to support an overhaul of the immigration system. They are backing the Obama administration’s call for a path to...
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Letters: Nukes, Berenson, Travel to Cuba, free speech, J.H. Franklin
April 17, 2009Nuclear sense Finally! A president who lives in the real world. By extending the hand of friendship and mutual respect and sweeping away the Cold War tactics of arrogance, confrontation and peace through strength, Barak Obama...
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WORLD NOTES: Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Russia, West Bank, Cuba
April 17, 2009Nigeria: Transnat’l plunder leaves loose ends The government last week denied responsibility for failing to identify bribe-takers, blaming the U.S. Attorney General instead, vanguardngr.com reported. Despite requests, facts are being withheld that entered into the trial...
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