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Santa Clara council backs Hyatt workers

August 22, 2013 By Henry Millstein

Dozens of Hyatt workers and community supporters packed the City Council chambers on Monday to speak in favor of a resolution.

Manning gets 35 years, will seek White House pardon

August 21, 2013 By Susan Webb

A military judge sentenced Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks.

California prisoners’ hunger strike enters seventh week

August 21, 2013 By Marilyn Bechtel

As a hunger strike by California prison inmates entered its seventh week Aug. 19, authorities said some 130 inmates in six prisons are refusing meals.

Midwestern states call for an end to the U.S. blockade of Cuba

August 19, 2013 By Ismael Parra

On July 14, 2013, the Council of State Governments Midwest unanimously passed a resolution to remove trade, financial and travel restrictions to Cuba.

A poem for Detroit

August 14, 2013 By Paul Felton

I'm going to tell to you a story; the details are a little gory. Detroiters are under attack; they're trying to stab us in the back.