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Immigration advocates lobby Congress, despite shutdown
October 3, 2013Undeterred by the government shutdown, immigration reform activists took to Capitol Hill today, telling lawmakers to get to the business of the people.
Read moreTop pollster says Americans will punish Republicans for shutdown
October 2, 2013"When all is said and done, the most telling thing that people will remember is that at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1, the Republicans shut down the government."
Read moreHealth insurance markets open to surge of new customers
October 2, 2013Americans got their first chance Tuesday to shop for health insurance using the online marketplaces that are at the heart of President Obama's health care overhaul.
Read moreMore AFL-CIO Convention coverage here than anywhere else
September 19, 2013Many of our hardest working union sisters and brothers just completed the most important AFL-CIO convention in history.
Read moreOccupy Wall Street stages second anniversary march in New York
September 19, 2013Occupy Wall Street was back on the streets here yeserday, marking the second anniversary of its birth.
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