9/11
Firefighters union leads somber 9/11 commemoration
September 11, 2013Hundreds of union members lost their lives doing their job on that horrific day 12 years ago; the labor movement continues to honor all 9/11 victims and work like hell for those who survived.
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Sept. 11, 2001 archives: Facing the future from Ground Zero
September 11, 2013On street corners and doorsteps in neighborhoods around Manhattan burning candles stand as small monuments to hope and peace. Tens of thousands have participated in candlelight vigils. It's a city coming to terms with one of...
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Obama proposes end to “state of perpetual war”
May 25, 2013In a speech at the National Defense University yesterday President Barack Obama declared the nation must move away from the "state of perpetual war" that has existed since 9/11.
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Sept. 11, 2001 archives: Coalition develops to protect civil liberties
September 13, 2011Sept. 11, 2001 archives: In the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush administration proposed a series of laws that significantly curbed individual liberties. Even though the nation was still mourning, a coalition of groups...
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Reader voices: 9/11, 10 years later
September 12, 2011Ten years ago, our nation faced what is arguably the greatest test to which our people have faced since the Civil War on our own soil.
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