John Rummel
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Rummel
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U.S.
New health care law benefits women and children
September 17, 2010The new health care reform law, the Affordable Health Care Act, contains numerous benefits for women and children, women's advocates say.
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U.S.
University of Michigan students pledge to save their country
September 10, 2010Representative John D. Dingell put the question directly. "Republicans talk about taking the country back and I want to ask, back to what? Bush? Hoover? 1900? Louis XIII?"
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Labor
Justice served to restaurant workers
August 19, 2010The Restaurant Opportunities Center of Michigan (ROC-MI) won a major victory when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an order that Dearborn's Andiamo Restaurant acted illegally.
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Labor
Auto comeback celebrated, but there’s a cost
August 2, 2010President Obama visited a General Motors in Hamtramck and a Chrysler plant in Detroit Friday to celebrate the auto companies' comeback - but the comback has come with a cost.
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Opinion
Policing by skin color
July 29, 2010Nearly 9 out of 10 people in New York City charged in marijuana arrests are Black or Latino, even though whites are the heaviest users of pot.
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U.S.
Health care bill provides benefits now
July 23, 2010Jobs with Justice and the Michigan AFL-CIO Health Care Committee organized a workshop to arm labor and health care activists with the facts.
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U.S.
City steps forward to counter racist letters
July 15, 2010EASTPOINTE, Mich. - Last week, African American families here received letters threatening death if they did not leave the city, but people of goodwill are taking action.
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Opinion
A dramatic reawakening of a people’s movement
July 12, 2010DETROIT - Two significant things happened in this beleaguered city recently that show the possibility of turning our country's problems around.
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