National
Rumor of card check’s ‘death’ is greatly exaggerated
May 27, 2009NewsAnalysis Many lawmakers returning home for the Memorial Day break found themselves face to face with union members determined to win passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. Thousands have been mobilizing in more than 200...
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President Obama nominates first Latina to Supreme Court: Sonia Sotomayor
May 27, 2009This morning President Barack Obama nominated New York Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. If approved, Sotomayor would become the first Hispanic to the high court.
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ColorOfChange takes on Rush Limbaugh and GOP racism
May 27, 2009ColorOfChange.org launched a campaign today against Rush Limbaugh and his most flagarant use of racism to date.
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Rally protests plan to shut 8 Chrysler plants
May 27, 2009STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — A thousand workers rallied at Chrysler’s Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (SHAP) here last week to protest the planned closing of eight automobile factories in Michigan, Wisconsin, Missouri, Delaware and Ohio in 2010...
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Green groups say E-Waste Bill is too lax
May 27, 2009WASHINGTON, May 24 (IPS) - Environmentalists are expressing discontent over recently introduced legislation regarding the U.S.’s exporting of electronic waste, or 'e-waste'.
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