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Bank of America taken to task in St. Louis
In the fall of 2008, Bank of America received $25 billion of bailout money through the Troubled Asset Relief Program,…
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Argentine dockworkers win concessions
On Mar. 31, Argentine dockworkers ended a 10-day strike after winning concessions from Cargill Inc. and Bunge Ltd. As a…
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Israel attacks Gaza City
Israel launched a missile attack against Gaza City in the early morning of April 2. The attack, conducted by aircraft…
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Behind the Obama-Karzai clash
Envision this: A foreign leader, say from Afghanistan, lands at Washington's Dulles airport late at night, is whisked into a…
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More families depend on school lunch program
Since the inception of reduced-price or free school lunch programs, students from low-income families have depended on and utilized them.…
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What is at stake in upcoming Sudan elections?
As of the writing of this article, the ruling party of semi-autonomous South Sudan, the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Front, has…
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Georgia district announces mass firing at high school
Yet another high school has handed its entire staff pink slips--this time in Savannah, Ga. Savannah is over 800 miles…
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Scandal in Philadelphia charter schools
This week a federal judge subpoenaed the financial records of the privately controlled Mathematics, Civics, and Sciences Charter School in…
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Las mentiras del Imperialismo no tienen límite
El siguiente fue traducido por Juanita L ó pez en Cuba. El 25 de marzo, la cantante Gloria Estefan lideró…
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Imperialism’s lies know no limits
On March 25, singer Gloria Estefan led a march of some several thousand Cuban right-wing exiles in Miami's Little Havana…
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French workers strike over threats to pensions
Hundreds of thousands of workers marched in nearly 200 cities in France on March 23 in a one-day strike to…
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British Airways workers fight back
British Airways was hit by two strikes in March. Workers for the airline company have brought hundreds of flights to…
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Judge rules district violated lesbian teen’s rights
Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old high school senior has been in the media spotlight since her school district decided to cancel…
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State of California announces next wave of attacks on public education
What the California state authorities and federal government are calling "school reform" is in reality an all-out assault on public…
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U.S. troop deaths double in Afghanistan
The number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan has more than doubled in a year. It is not surprising, then, that…
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Community fights back against Boston school budget cuts
On Wednesday, March 24, hundreds of students, union members, teachers, bus drivers, school custodians, parents and community members overtook the…
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Israel announces expanded settlements in East Jerusalem
On Aug. 2, 2009, Israeli police dragged the Hanoun family out of their beds in the middle of the night…
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Wachovia drug laundering settlement: class justice
Wachovia, a banking subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, agreed March 17 to pay a $160 million settlement for its…
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Black women, with only $5 to our name
A shocking study revealed to the world that the average median wealth for women of color between the ages of…
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Powerful immigrant rights movement stirs again
On March 21, hundreds of thousands of immigrants and their supporters rallied on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to…
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