National
Detroits Labor Day challenges anti-union drive
September 7, 2007DETROIT — Among the many Labor Day parades and picnics across the country last week, this city’s parade had a special edge. While the morning editions of the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News carried editorials...
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New Orleans residents march on Superdome
September 7, 2007NEW ORLEANS — A five-day observance of the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina concluded Sept. 1 with protesters marching on the Superdome to demand delivery of promised funds to rebuild homes, hospitals, schools and the city’s...
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U.S. war profiteers steal billions
September 7, 2007Government officials have admitted that American companies are paying millions of dollars in bribes to military officers to win billions in contracts for work in Iraq, according to numerous press reports last week. This is only...
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Smithfield workers force company to the table
September 7, 20071,000 rally for union rights and end to immigration raids WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — A thousand workers and activists demanding unionization of Smithfield’s Tar Heel, N.C., plant shook the walls of the Williamsburg Lodge Conference Center here...
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A crime without borders
August 31, 2007I have a confession to make. I assumed that those responsible for the horrific murders in Newark, N.J., of Terrence Aeriel, Dashon Harvey and Ofemi Hightower looked like me. That is, I assumed that they, like...
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