Elections
New SEIU president to “refocus” union
May 11, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI)--The Service Employees will "refocus" itself by pumping $4 million into organizing African-American and Latino workers, adding funds to their political campaign chest for selected races, and by trying to repair relations with the rest...
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Despite high unemployment, Black teens more optimistic
May 11, 2010Despite record levels of unemployment, Black young people, since the election of President Barack Obama, have become optimistic about the future, according to a number of recent studies.
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Colombian elections offer something new, something old
May 10, 2010The process of finding a successor to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has yielded an unconventional favorite.
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Germany: Left goes in, right goes out – or does it?
May 10, 2010BERLIN -- The state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the valleys of the Rhine and Ruhr is far and away the most populous German state, with 18 million people.
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Why the Democratic majority will grow in 2010
April 29, 2010In talking about the current Democratic majority and its fate in the 2010 elections, news editors have been using words such as "slipping," "imperiled," and even "doomed" in their headlines.
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