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Today in black history: NAACP founded
February 12, 2013On this day in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - one of America's oldest civil rights organizations - was formed.
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Pope to quit over failing health
February 11, 2013In a move without precedent since the Middle Ages, Pope Benedict announced his resignation today.
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Pa. governor’s proposals meeting broad opposition
February 11, 2013Tom Corbett, in his third year in office, is seeing growing opposition to his bizarre budget proposals and his pro-corporate agenda.
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Workers at Brooklyn Cablevision demand: “Bring ’em back!”
February 11, 2013Scores of workers at dusk on February 6 chanted for Cablevision to rehire 22 workers.
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Demands grow for fair and inclusive immigration reform
February 11, 2013Immigrant rights organizations, labor, faith based, and civil rights groups have embraced the urgency for comprehensive immigration reform.
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