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Texas Republicans continue to go for off-the-grid right-wingers
May 28, 2014Texas completed its Democratic and Republican primary elections on May 27. Unlike the results in other states, "tea party" far-right Republicans triumphed in most of the contests.
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National forum on police crimes calls for civilian police accountability councils
May 28, 2014In response to a national epidemic of police and vigilante killings, a two day "National Forum on Police Crimes" took place in Chicago, May 16-17.
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Today in labor history: First U.S. public school established
May 20, 2014On May 20, 1639, the first American public elementary school was established. This was arguably the beginning of the idea of free public education for all.
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Unity was their cry: Fast food workers go global
May 20, 2014Tattooed teenagers joined with their sign-carrying elders as part of the global fast food workers' strike. Like an idea whose time has come, there was no holding back this group.
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SEIU Attorney: Supreme Court case bigger threat than progressives realize
May 19, 2014A recently argued U.S. Supreme Court case, pushed on the justices by the anti-worker National Right to Work Committee, is a big threat to unions.
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