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Head Start workers fight for their jobs
June 14, 2009PROVIDENCE, R.I. — “We built Head Start,” said Barbara Lewis. “We are Head Start. We just lost our jobs.”
Read moreJoin the UFCW in celebrating Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
June 14, 2009Original source: In June of 2000, Bill Clinton deemed the month of June “Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.” The month was chosen to remember the Stonewall riots in 1969 in Manhattan. Instead of backing down to...
Read moreCOMMENTARY A Coup in Albany
June 14, 2009The mess in the New York State Senate would make for a relatively enjoyable reality show—if the living standards of so many New Yorkers weren’t put at stake. The actions of Sens. Pedro Espada, D-Bronx, and...
Read moreTry paying for your dialysis with 50 shares of bankrupt auto stock
June 14, 2009Once upon a time, when a company went bankrupt, everyone took a hit: workers lost wages, stockholders got killed and the creditors got only tiny bits of what was left. The law guaranteed that it would...
Read morePresident Obama pledges to sign tobacco bill
June 13, 2009In remarks from the White House lawn June 12 President Obama welcomed the passage of a bill in Congress this week that will impose strong regulations on tobacco products, and he signaled his intention to sign...
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