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Bulgarian steel workers rally grows into national protests

April 11, 2009

Reposted from www.novinite.com Teachers and doctors say they will join the persistent protests of Kremikovtzi steel mill workers, driven to despair by the economic situation in the country. The rallies will pile pressure on the Socialist-led...

States move to spur voter engagement through preregistration

April 11, 2009

States move to spur voter engagement through preregistration By Erin Ferns (Project Vote) The rising levels of voter participation among the nation’s youth continue to be challenged by the current voter registration system, perpetuating the difficulty...

Congress urged to exempt bookstore records from Patriot Act

April 10, 2009

On April 7, the American Booksellers Association (ABA), American Library Association, Association of American Publishers, and PEN American Center sent a memo urging Congress to exempt bookstores and library records from Section 215 of the USA...

Bandana Project protests sexual violence against women farmworkers

April 10, 2009

CHICAGO — Farmworker and women’s rights groups came together here April 8, to protest sexual violence against farmworker women and other low-wage female immigrant workers in the U.S. Legendary farmworker leader Dolores Huerta and others spoke...

Misplaced priorities? Where your tax dollars go

April 10, 2009 By Susan Webb

As pundits and politicians dispute whether Pentagon spending changes announced by Defense Secretary Robert Gates this week amount to cuts, increases or neither, a new report says more than 37 cents of every taxpayer dollar went...