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Living-Wage Movement Takes Root Across Nation |
by Stephanie Armour
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24 Jul 2002
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The once-fledgling movement is making major inroads. More than 80 communities, including Boston, Baltimore, Detroit and Chicago have laws requiring government contractors and some other employers to pay workers more. The patchwork of legislation is circumventing the $5.15 federal minimum wage, and supporters are setting their sights on statewide wage hikes, as well. |
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LongerLetterLater: More Details Of Arrest As Promised |
by marco
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12 Jul 2002
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This story is by an IndyMedia reporter arrested after taking pictures of a cop surveilling anti-Bush demonstrators in Milwaukee on July 2. ML |
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Rabin's Daughter Quits Post in Protest |
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23 Jul 2002
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Dalia Rabin-Pelossof quits a post in the Defense Ministry in protest of Labor's failure to quit the "unity" government and being it down. She will remain in the Knesset, though. |
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The Post-Bubble Economy: A Better World |
by Mark Weisbrot
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23 Jul 2002
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From 1973 to 2000 -- the second half of the post World War II era -- stock ownership spread to almost half of all households, with most of the increase occurring during the 1980s and 1990s. During this time, the real median wage increased by about zero.
The run-up in stock prices contributed to the most massive re-distribution of income in American history, from the poor, working, and middle classes to the rich. |
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Federal Domestic spy plan gets green light despite opposition |
by BRANCH-BRIOSO
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23 Jul 2002
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KAREN
Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is forging ahead with establishing a network of domestic spies - despite being dealt what may be a deathly blow to the plan: House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, inserted last week a ban on the program in the bill to form a new Homeland Security Department.
"The administration is continuing to pursue Operation TIPS. We're continuing with that course of action," Barbara Comstock, spokeswoman for Attorney General John Ashcroft, said in an interview Friday. That was the same day Armey's committee approved the bill. "We believe the program |
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One dead after night of gun attacks in N. Ireland |
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23 Jul 2002
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A man was shot dead in north Belfast today in an attack claimed
by the loyalist Red Hand Defenders.
The victim, a Catholic man in his early 20s, was shot in the
Flora Road area in what appeared to have been a drive-by
shooting.
He was walking home alone when he was shot. The killing came
after a night of shootings in which two others were injured. |
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U.S. MADE Israeli f-16's Massacre 12 Civilians, Wounds 140 More |
by Joe Young
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22 Jul 2002
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Body of Young Palestinian Girl Killed in Gaza Attack
GAZA CITY: 12 Palestinians were killed and over 100, mostly women and children, wounded Monday evening when Israeli warplanes attacked a residential area in the Gaza City. Tens of Thousands of Gazens rushed to the street protesting the Israeli cruelty, and a state of shock has engulfed the occupied Palestinian territories. |
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Federal Domestic spy plan gets green light despite opposition |
by -BRIOSO
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22 Jul 2002
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KAREN BRANCHPost-Dispatch Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is forging ahead with establishing a network of domestic spies - despite being dealt what may be a deathly blow to the plan: House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, inserted last week a ban on the program in the bill to form a new Homeland Security Department. |
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