Tim Wheeler
LATEST ARTICLES BY Tim Wheeler
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Factory farms exposed in recall of half billion eggs
August 23, 2010WASHINGTON---The recall of half a billion eggs blamed in a nationwide salmonella outbreak has pushed to the top of the Senate agenda enactment of a long-stalled bill to strengthen federal food safety enforcement.
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Meteor shower dazzles a crowd
August 17, 2010It was after midnight, the morning of August 13, and we were among the 100 or more stargazers who had driven 17 miles of winding road to observe the Perseid Meteor Shower.
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MoveOn pickets urge Congress, “End corporate dictatorship”
August 11, 2010Picketers stood outside the local office of Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA) Aug. 10 holding signs that read "Fight corporate dictatorship" and "End corporate personhood."
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Hiroshima Day message: Ban all nukes
August 11, 2010The United States "is responsible for the greatest act of terrorism in the history of the world, the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." So said Veterans for Peace activist, David Jenkins, during a candlelight vigil...
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House to vote on emergency jobs bill
August 9, 2010The AFL-CIO launched a last-minute telephone blitz to members of Congress, August 9, demanding they approve a bill to provide $26 billion in emergency funding to the states.
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Civil rights groups hit Race to the Top
August 3, 2010The National Urban League and five other civil rights organizations, in a in a hard-hitting report, have criticized President Obama's Race to the Top education reform program.
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Seattle City Council honors Will Parry
July 28, 2010SEATTLE-The Seattle City Council honored veteran trade union activist, Will Parry, July 19, for his "lifelong commitment, and work, to achieve social and economic justice for all the residents of Seattle."
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AFT honors Filipino teachers in Louisiana
July 15, 2010SEATTLE - The American Federation of Teachers convention here honored 300 Filipino teachers in Louisiana who fought back against an unscrupulous recruiting agency.
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