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Out of the Blue: Stand up against Monsanto
If you believe you have a right to know what you put in your body, join us at 11 a.m. Saturday at Main Beach for the March Against Monsanto. If you believe our Aliso Beach fire pits are a sacred right to enjoy a bonfire at the beach, let your local...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Business Enterprises, Genetic Engineering
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Toomey: It's hard to conclude that IRS scrutiny wasn't politically motivated
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey said Tuesday that without knowing who at the Internal Revenue Service is responsible for the extra scrutiny applied to tea party groups, it's impossible to conclude it was not politically motivated. Toomey made the...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Taxation, Human Interest, Lehigh County, Barack Obama
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Review: "The Unwinding" by George Packer
The New America of George Packer's ambitious history, "The Unwinding," is a morally compromised patchwork of failed institutions, Ponzi schemes, bankruptcies, foreclosures, ignorance and fear. But it is also a country where idealism still exists, and...Tags: International Military Interventions, Journalism, Tampa, Media Industry, Oprah Winfrey
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Freshman senator with senior pluck takes on the financial industry
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the newest member of the Senate Banking Committee, waited patiently for her first chance to question top financial regulators at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill. When her turn finally came after 90 minutes,...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Hillary Clinton, $700 Billion Bank Bailout (2008), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Reserve
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants student loans to get Fed discount rate
WASHINGTON -- Students taking out government loans to help pay for college should pay the same rock-bottom interest rate that the Federal Reserve charges big banks, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) proposed Wednesday. With the interest rate on federal...
Tags: Elizabeth Warren, Economy, Business and Finance, Federal Reserve, Money and Monetary Policy, Finance
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May Day in New York: Protesting just about everything
NEW YORK -- There are many things to protest against in the world, and people rallying against a fair number of them took to one of New York’s iconic squares on May Day as part of nationwide rallies in celebration of the traditional workers holiday....
Tags: Labor Legislation, International Workers' Day, Civil Rights, Activism, Freedom of the Press
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May Day demonstrators rally across U.S.
May Day protesters marched down streets across the country Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants who have entered the country illegally or overstayed their visas. The crowds numbered...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Labor Legislation, International Workers' Day, Activism, Robert J. Lopez
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Retail, fast-food workers rally for higher pay in Chicago
Chicago Tribune reportersStanding with other protesters on Chicago's storied State Street, Charde Nabors, 21, said she's fighting for better pay and more opportunities for workers like her. Nabors said she earns $9 an hour at Sears and would like to work full time, rather...Tags: Labor Legislation, Navy Pier, Walmart, Chicago Transit Authority, Employment
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'Right wing' doesn't equal 'terrorist'
"If history were to repeat itself," warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1944 State of the Union address, "and we were to return to the so-called normalcy of the 1920s, then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on...Tags: Entertainment, Political Systems, CBS Corp., Barack Obama, Times Square
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Report: Richest 7-percent got richer during U.S. recovery
WASHINGTON (AP) — The richest Americans got richer during the first two years of the economic recovery while average net worth declined for the other 93 percent of U.S. households, says a report released Tuesday. The upper 7 percent of...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Congressional Budget Office, Finance, Washington, DC
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