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Banks defeat Senate amendment to help struggling homeowners
May 5, 2009Original source: Due to stiff opposition from the banking and mortgage industries, the Senate voted against passing (45-51) an amendment Thursday that would have given bankruptcy judges the ability to rework defaulted home mortgages on family...
Read moreLegalization is the X factor in immigrant rights
May 4, 2009Original source: (WOMENSENEWS)- Thousands of activists are holding May Day demonstrations nationwide to highlight the rights and needs of the nation's more than 30 million immigrants, who now account for 1-in-8 people living in the United...
Read moreSouth Florida pays tribute to Pete Seeger
May 3, 2009FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- South Florida progressives and folk music fans turned out in sizeable numbers for a Pete Seeger 90th Birthday Concert held on April 26 at the Ft. Lauderdale Unitarian Universalist Church.
Read moreKROMM REPORT: Will the Supreme Court kill the Voting Rights Act?
May 3, 2009Original source: The case is Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District #1 v. Holder -- shortened to NAMUDNO -- and represents the most serious challenge to the act to date, and has become a lightning rod for...
Read moreEleven talking points on 21st century socialism
May 2, 2009The current discussion around socialism in left and progressive circles in the U.S. needs to be placed in a more substantive arena. This is an effort to do so. I take note in advance of the...
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