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  • Thousands rally against Illinois budget cuts

    Thousands rally against Illinois budget cuts

    June 19, 2009

    CHICAGO – In a massive midday turnout, thousands of children, students, parents and leading advocates of state and citywide organizations that provide badly needed human services to working families and low-income communities here protested at the...

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  • New Yorkers oppose JROTC funding

    New Yorkers oppose JROTC funding

    June 19, 2009

    On June 9 on the steps of New York City Hall, members of Military Families Speak Out, Code Pink and Granny Peace Brigade initiated an effort to delete $2 million from the city budget that is...

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  • Bankers dig in against Obama regulations

    Bankers dig in against Obama regulations

    June 19, 2009

    The ink isn’t dry on President Obama’s plan to protect consumers from financial predators and toughen regulation of Wall Street yet already the bankers are digging in to stop any real change. Edward Yingling, chief executive...

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  • On same-sex benefits change is welcome but … LGBT leaders challenge Obama to go further

    On same-sex benefits change is welcome but … LGBT leaders challenge Obama to go further

    June 19, 2009

    Leading civil rights organizations welcomed President Obama's memorandum expanding some benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees June 17, but called on the President to take bolder steps on other hot-button LGBT equality issues. President...

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  • The handicap of working for Cuba

    The handicap of working for Cuba

    June 19, 2009

    The Supreme Court’s refusal June 15 to review the case of the Cuban Five, whose original trial began in November 2000, invites comparisons of their sentences with those handed out to others with convictions relating to...

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