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Finally, a new hospital rises in post-Katrina St. Bernard
July 26, 2011The slowness to rebuild the health care system served the interests of those seeking to permanently remove poor people and many working families from the area, union leaders and others here say. Unions have taken up...
Read more1,000 demand “Good Jobs Now” at Progressive Caucus speakout
July 23, 2011SEATTLE - People lined up at microphones at a July 23 "speak out" here to demand that Congress stop kowtowing to the corporations and do what voters elected them to do: create good jobs at a...
Read moreFight against privatization roils a Maryland county
July 22, 2011Hundreds of Frederick County workers packed the county hearing room to speak to the five county commissioners two days in a row this week.
Read moreSurprising voices say it’s time to “embrace” immigration
July 20, 2011At Monday's "Immigration and Michigan's Economic Future" conference, CEOs, foundation leaders, New York's mayor and Michigan's Republican governor all discussed the benefits of immigration.
Read more“Rebuild the Dream”: For Henry Rhodes it’s still out of reach
July 19, 2011In house parties across the nation, 25,000 participants told heartfelt stories of their struggles to make the "American dream" a reality.
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