taxes
Nurses and lawmakers resume push for financial transactions tax
April 9, 2014National Nurses United and the Congressional Progressive Caucus relaunched their drive for a financial transactions tax.
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Today in eco-history: Richmond food riots
April 2, 2014Thousands of people, mostly women, broke into shops and began seizing food and other items before the militia arrived to stop them.
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Scores arrested in Albany budget protest
March 28, 2014The chants of advocates for affordable housing, the Dream Act, anti-fracking and more echoed throughout the Albany Capitol as protesters packed the staircase and halls leading to Governor Cuomo's office.
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Hang in there, Mayor de Blasio
March 17, 2014The wolves of Wall Street are out to destroy New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's universal pre-kindergarten plan.
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Government workers march on Capitol Hill
February 13, 2014Hundreds of AFGE members marched on Capitol Hill on Feb. 11 campaigning for national and union causes.
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