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Michigan’s John Conyers: Tireless champion for jobs and voting rights
July 24, 2012What happens in the 2012 elections could make or break struggling cities like Detroit that have been devastated by the economic crisis.
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The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
May 31, 2012Today in labor history: On May 31st 1921 the trial of Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco began in Dedham Massachusetts. The trial was widely held to be unfair and both were executed. Sacco and Venzetti were...
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Immigrant rights activists say keep families together
May 23, 2012Vargas, the father of four U.S. citizen children, has led a crime free life but now sits in a Monroe County jail.
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U.S. intransigence on Cuban Five prisoners a high stakes game
May 22, 2012With appeals all but exhausted, the only hope for relief of unremitting judicial abuse of the Cuban Five lies with President Barack Obama.
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After dog deaths, owners campaign against Nestle Purina
April 6, 2012Safranek, a Brooklyn Heights, Ohio resident, said of her nine year-old fox terrier, "Waggin' Train Wholesome Chicken Jerky Treats were the last thing Sampson ate before he fell ill."
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