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D.C. activists fight for Troy Davis’s life
"All you have to do is remember two numbers, nine and seven; nine for the number of witnesses who originally…
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La Riva/Puryear campaign takes to the streets outside McCain-Obama debate
PSL's La Riva/Puryear Campaign Takes to the Streets Outside McCain-Obama Debate As John McCain and Barack Obama held their final…
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Community action behind Cook County moratorium on evictions
Sheriff Tom Dart in Cook County, Ill., made news headlines after he placed a moratorium on foreclosure-related evictions Oct. 9.…
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D.C. public school chancellor wages war against teachers
Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty and his hand-picked chancellor of public schools, Michelle Rhee, have all but declared war on…
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Cuba to implement rationing to weather food crisis
Hurricanes Ike and Gustav wiped out 30 percent of Cuba’s food crops in recent months. For Cuba—an island of just…
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New impeachment charges filed against president of Philippines
Several social justice and opposition groups filed impeachment charges on Oct. 13 against Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, president of the Philippines.…
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Tent cities spring up across country as homelessness soars
As the economic crisis worsens and bailouts go to the wealthy bankers on Wall Street, working-class suffering grows. For months,…
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Mexican town helps immigrants escape police
Residents living in Rafael Lara Grajales, a town in central Mexico, recently came to the aid of 34 Central American…
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Racist Supreme Court rejects Troy Davis’ death sentence appeal
On Oct. 14, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed its role as a pillar of reaction and declined to hear the…
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The real face of the capitalist economic crisis
In a rare, candid display of sincerity, the president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, was caught saying, "For the…
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