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Sen. Harkin closes career with demand that lawmakers give workers ‘opportunity’
January 5, 2015Closing his 40-year career on Capitol Hill, retiring Senate Labor Committee chairman Tom Harkin challenged his colleagues to give workers and all other people in the U.S. opportunity.
Read moreNew tasks for the Cuba solidarity movement
December 19, 2014Obama's announcement was "a major step forward toward ending the 55-year cold war with Cuba."
Read moreAFGE says military overspending led to unpaid furloughs
December 19, 2014"DoD spending on service contracts is closing in on $200 billion annually; already, it is more than double the cost of the Department's entire civilian workforce."
Read moreObama’s historic shift on U.S.-Cuba relations
December 18, 2014Americans and Cubans woke up on Dec. 17 to the jaw-dropping news that the U.S. is making a monumental shift in its relations with Cuba.
Read moreU.S. and Cuba announce re-establishment of diplomatic relations!
December 17, 2014Obama and Raul Castro announced a breathtakingly radical agreement to change the relationship between the two countries.
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