Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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Labor
Janitors call for ‘green’ cleaning
November 7, 2009SAN FRANCISCO - For weeks now, teams of supermarket janitors have been traversing northern California on a mission: get supermakerts to go green.
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Labor
Hotel workers strike the Grand Hyatt
November 6, 2009Hotel workers issued a wake-up call to 31 prime hotels Nov. 5 as they massed outside the Grand Hyatt, in the upscale Union Square area, to begin a three-day strike.
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U.S.
After gang rape, Richmond students come together for healing
November 4, 2009The white streamers were everywhere ― worn as armbands, headbands, neckties, leg-bands ― as hundreds of Richmond High School students gathered on the football field.
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U.S.
Climate change takes center stage
November 3, 2009Climate change topped headlines in Washington and around the world this week.
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World
Afghan situation murky after election runoff canceled
November 2, 2009Incumbent President Hamid Karzai was declared the "elected president," even though the Aug. 20 elections were widely believed to be riddled with fraud.
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Peace
‘No escalation’ is first step to peace in Afghanistan
October 29, 2009As the administration continues crucial discussions of next steps in Afghanistan, a broad coalition of peace organizations last week launched a new campaign, NoEscalation.org.
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U.S.
UC panel: Keep higher education public and affordable
October 28, 2009BERKELEY, Calif. - Keeping California's public higher education both public and affordable was the theme as a star-studded panel gathered with hundreds of faculty members, students and concerned community members on the University of California campus...
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World
World Notes: Chile, UK, Gilbraltar, UN, Afghanistan, Cuba
October 23, 2009Chile and indigenous rights; UK and privatization; United Nations and food aid; Gibraltar and worker rights; Afghanistan and stress; Cuba and children.
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