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U.S.
Maine gov. signs marriage equality bill
May 7, 2009This statement was released by Gov. John Baldacci's office on May 6, 2009. AUGUSTA -- Governor John E. Baldacci today signed into law LD 1020, An Act to End Discrimination in Civil Marriage and Affirm Religious...
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World
The Group of 20 Summit: Climate change solutions may be answer to economic woes
April 3, 2009All eyes are on London this week for the G20 summit. Will it come up with a plan to save the world economy? It won’t, say UN climate negotiators in Germany — where this week’s real...
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Opinion
Equal rights at the Oscars
February 27, 2009“You commie, homo-loving sons of guns,” Sean Penn told the Feb. 22 Academy Awards audience upon accepting the best actor award for his portrayal of slain San Francisco supervisor and gay rights leader Harvey Milk in...
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Labor
Black History reprint: Working-class roots of Bill Withers
June 30, 2006You might be a Bill Withers fan without realizing it. If you ever grooved to Will Smith’s “Just the Two of Us,” sang along with “Lean On Me” or thought to yourself, “Ain’t No Sunshine” when...
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U.S.
Celebrate Black history with film, song
February 10, 2006Film fest brings game arts to big screen In concert at Arab American National Museum: Odetta; Vusi Mahlasela
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U.S.
States move to boost minimum wage
January 27, 2006
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U.S.
King Day events breathe life into dream
January 20, 2006Despite efforts to dilute and trivialize Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, the only national holiday celebrating a people’s freedom movement, the people once again rescued and defended “The Dream” in actions spanning the United States.
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News
Mother’s Day Proclamation of 1870
May 9, 2003
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