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Union leaders welcome end of shutdown, lifting of debt limit
October 17, 2013Union leaders welcomed Congress' end of the two-week partial federal shutdown and the decision to suspend the nation's debt limit, thus avoiding what would have been a first-ever default.
Read moreFast food workers rally vs. poverty wages
October 17, 2013Fast food workers and their supporters packed a Wendy's restaurant in Oakland Oct. 15, demanding a living wage and labor rights.
Read moreShutdown: Fascism with a democratic face
October 17, 2013The democratic process was kidnapped by Republicans (and seven Democrats) in the U.S. House of Representatives on October 1.
Read moreLawmakers scramble on government shutdown and debt ceiling deal
October 16, 2013The solution, in any case, is only temporary with another showdown or shutdown possible again early next year.
Read moreDallas joins national day of protest over shutdown
October 16, 2013About 50 activists, many of them retirees, gathered outside the office of Senator Ted Cruz in Dallas on October 15.
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