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Abuse raises question about law for disabled workers
March 26, 2009Reposted from A scandal rocking an Iowa town of barely 250 has ballooned into a statewide story. But it has national implications. Last month, FBI agents, social services and health department officials in Iowa converged on...
Read moreBleeding communities dry: How local government aid cuts are hurting rural Minnesota
March 26, 2009Original source: No group of Minnesotans are more qualified to comment on the challenges of delivering public services during a period of diminishing resources than our state’s city mayors. Minnesota 2020, in partnership with the Coalition...
Read moreIn tiny RI, jewelry workers fight mighty battle
March 26, 2009EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Jobs with Justice has launched a national campaign for justice for 280 workers here who found their workplace padlocked with no warning two months ago.
Read moreUN votes to continue Afghan aid mission
March 26, 2009Original source: The UN security council has voted unanimously to extend a mission in Afghanistan for a year to lead international civilian efforts to provide aid, promote reconstruction, combat corruption and help improve civilian-military co-operation. The...
Read moreSolitary confinement in US prisons making thousands psychotic
March 26, 2009The United States today is housing tens of thousands of inmates in long-term solitary confinement, a form of numbing mental torture that drives about one-third of them psychotic, induces irrational anger in 90 percent, and ups...
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