Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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Federal judge halts in-home service cuts
October 20, 2009Low-income seniors and people with disabilities won a round Oct. 19 in their long struggle against state funding cuts threatening services under California's In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program. The cuts were part of the revised state...
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‘Harvey Milk Day’ proclaimed in Calif.
October 13, 2009The country’s first-ever day of recognition for an openly gay person has been signed into law by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with other rights and protections for gay and lesbian Californians.
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Quilt dramatizes housekeepers’ stories
October 9, 2009Held aloft by hotel workers and community supporters, the Hope Quilt stretched down the block from the Grand Hyatt hotel’s entrance on a sunny October afternoon.
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Working for peace in Afghanistan
October 7, 2009After eight years of U.S. war in Afghanistan, ferment is growing in the country and the Congress about Washington’s next steps.
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Demand ‘citizens’ arrest’ of Blue Cross boss
October 6, 2009In a scene right out of Michael Moore's latest film, "Capitalism: A Love Story," chanting, sign-bearing health care activists swarmed through lunch-hour crowds in this city's financial district Oct. 6, and into the office tower where...
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Labor rejects Calif. tax proposals
October 5, 2009Wall Street heaps praise on pro-business tax proposals.
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San Francisco hotel workers take to the streets
September 29, 2009Hotel workers hold a militant and spirited march in San Francisco.
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Univ. of California community protests cutbacks
September 27, 2009A statewide protest is rocking the California university system.
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