The People’s Record: In rare strike, NYC fast-food workers walk outNovember 29, 2012 At 6:30 this morning, New York City fast food workers walked off
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A Tea Party activist, a union organizer, and a business executive have just sat down at a table to talk politics. The table has a
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LaunchSo far the deals aren’t that great. — Brooklyn resident Rachel Feldman, commenting on Black Friday sales at stores in New York City.
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Thanksgiving Interactive: You are the historian! What really happened at the First Thanksgiving? Plimoth Plantation, one of America’s best known living history museums, invites you
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LaunchThis morning, Secretary Clinton and the president spoke again about the situation in Gaza, and they agreed that it makes sense for the secretary to
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