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Feb 18 2020
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China Tracks Cases Through Purchases; Trade Effort: Virus Update
Hubei, the Chinese province at epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, said it plans to use recent purchases of medicines to look for unidentified patients. China’s commerce ministry said it would take steps to blunt the impact of the virus.
Earlier, China reported the lowest number of new cases since announcing a change in its method of detection last week. So far, 73,424 people have
BloombergJun 17 2012
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Gay-marriage backers seek to turn tide in votes in 4 states
Gay marriage dominates the list of “social-issue ballot measures going to voters this year, with amendments for and against same-sex unions up in four “blue states:
Washington TimesAug 30 2013
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Trumka: Obamacare Still Needs to Be Tweaked, Mistakes Were Made
President of the AFL-CIO Richard Trumka, who has been an honored guest at President Obama's State of the Union addresses and a major advocate for Obamacare in the past, admitted this week that Obamacare needs fixing.
TownhallApr 23 2020
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How Is Your State Protecting Grocery Workers?
Last month, after the coronavirus began to transform the way Americans live and shop, Minnesota and Vermont classified grocery clerks as emergency workers, qualifying them for free child care. Since then, more than a dozen states have provided free, subsidized, or income-dependent child care to grocery workers, bringing the total of number of states offering this benefit to 20.
As they
Mother JonesOct 10 2014
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Hype and Reality: American Economic Numbers
It is mid-term season in America: time for the Administration to talk up the strengths of the economy. The President did so in Evanston a week ago, wanting "people to know that there are some really good things happening in America." The worst of the recession is at last behind us. Since in economic terms, it is also bleak mid-winter in the Eurozone, it is additionally time for a little
HuffPostMay 06 2013
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Durbin says basics in immigration bill must stand
(CNN) - Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin part of the bipartisan Gang of Eight senators pushing immigration reform said Sunday on CNNs State of the Union that he agrees with Republican Sen.
CNN (Online News)Sep 10 2012
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Teachers in Chicago Will Strike After Talks Collapse
In a move that could affect 350,000 students, union leaders for Chicagos public schoolteachers said they would strike after talks ended Sunday with no contract agreement.
New York Times (News)Oct 29 2019
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Trump Ukraine adviser to testify about concerns over call
President Donald Trump’s top adviser on Ukraine is set to testify on Tuesday that he told a government lawyer about concerns that U.S. national security could be undermined after a phone call between Trump and Ukraine’s president.
Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman will be the first current White House official to testify behind closed doors in the impeachment inquiry led by the
ReutersJul 19 2019
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Bernie Reportedly Doesn’t Pay His Staff the $15 Minimum Wage He’s So Into
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has led the public charge for a universal $15 minimum wage, but some of his presidential campaign employees are complaining privately that they’re not being paid much.
Field organizers for Bernie’s campaign say they work 60 hours per week and make a salary of $36,000 annually, according to ongoing wage negotiations reported by the Washington Post Thursday
ViceMay 13 2014
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Appeals court judges seem sharply divided over Virginia ban on same-sex marriage
Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions got an emotional hearing before a federal appeals court Tuesday, even as one of the judges described the court’s deliberations as a likely “way station” on a journey to the Supreme Court.
Washington Post