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Missouri Republicans work to dismantle non-discrimination act

February 24, 2011 By Tony Pecinovsky

A video put together by the Missouri Employee and Human Rights Coalition provides compelling testimony about the importance of protecting the state's non-discrimination law.

Stop the attack on Planned Parenthood

February 18, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

Republicans are trying to wipe out all funding for family planning, and defund Planned Parenthood entirely, in the budget bill to be voted on shortly.

San Francisco firms back paid sick leave law

February 16, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Two thirds of 727 San Francisco businesses surveyed back the city's paid sick leave ordinance, contradicting prior corporate claims that it would be expensive to business and hurt the economy.

Taking care of dad in the tea party’s America

February 9, 2011 By Paul White

When I stopped into a local fast food restaurant after church, the woman behind the counter explained with tears in her eyes why she had to bring her father to work with her.

Oldest Cuban celebrates her 126th birthday

February 4, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

The oldest peson in Cuba, Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez celebrated her 126th birthday with relatives and friends and attributes her health to the pure air of the countryside, a diet rich in meat and...