Obama
People’s movement asserts new power
March 30, 2010It appears that the grassroots movement that helped elect Obama and the Democratic Congress has reemerged. Even the president himself hit the road, mobilizing folks.
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Obama makes pro-labor recess appointments
March 29, 2010President Obama is bypassing Republican obstructionists in the Senate this week and naming 15 people to administration positions, which the GOP has blocked for an average of 214 days.
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Militia arrests signal return of armed “patriot” groups
March 29, 2010FBI raids on suspected militia members over the weekend jolted a public already concerned about far-right violence that surfaced during the health care reform fight.
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U.S.-Russia to sign arms control treaty
March 29, 2010President Obama announced Friday that the U.S. and Russia, after a year of intense negotiations, have agreed to the most comprehensive arms control agreement in nearly two decades.
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What’s next for the immigrants’ rights struggle?
March 29, 2010The huge immigrants' rights demonstration in Washington D.C. on March 21 was a triumph in many ways, but the battle has only started.
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