economy
Chicago youth demand jobs
March 2, 2010CHICAGO - "Jobs now" echoed across a frozen Federal Plaza as hundreds of youth demanded passage of federal youth jobs legislation and voiced their anger over being left out of the legislative process.
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5,000 protesters to Whirlpool: We’re tired of being treated like trash
March 2, 2010EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Whirlpool is putting over 1,000 workers out on the street, but they and 5,000 other working Americans stood up and said they don't want to be knocked down anymore.
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Unions push to save jobs in Florida and across the nation
March 2, 2010Union leaders decry "job destruction program," as workers, unions, small business owners and community activists fight to save 23,000 Florida jobs at NASA and beyond.
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Does Detroit have a future?
March 1, 2010Last month I visited Detroit and once again saw first-hand what can only be described as an economic and human catastrophe.
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Philly celebrates African American history with calls for peace action
February 26, 2010PHILADELPHIA -- More than 50 people crowded into the Du Bois Center on Baltimore Avenue in West Philadelphia last Friday to hear Anthony Monteiro, professor of African American Studies at Temple University, deliver a history lecture.
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