These days, the old west rail hub of Las Vegas, New Mexico, is little more than a dusty economic dead zone amid a boneyard of bare mesas. In national elections, the town overwhelmingly votes Democratic: More than 80 percent of all residents are Hispanic, and one in four lives below the poverty line. On February 5th, the day of the Super Tuesday caucus, a school-bus driver named Paul Maez arrived at his local polling station to cast his ballot. To his surprise, Maez found that his name had vanished from the list of registered voters, thanks to a statewide effort to deter fraudulent voting. For Maez, the shock was especially acute: He is the supervisor of elections in Las Vegas. 
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Over 200 union retirees filled the Mahoning County Country Club in Girard Ohio, on Friday, October 24th to promote the Northeast Ohio Alliance for Senior Action. The Alliance is promoting greater activism among retired union members on behalf of issues of concern to senior citizens like health care, housing and Social Security.
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John McCain has been describing Barack Obama as a “socialist” because the Illinois senator would impose higher taxes on the wealthy than on the working class and poor. McCain says this amounts to an “unacceptable” redistribution of wealth.
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In the final presidential debate John McCain boasted that he would appoint judges based on experience and he castigated Barack Obama for wanting to appoint judges “who have a liberal philosophy.”
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In a new radio ad, AFGE President John Gage urges union members to keep their focus on how eight years of Republican economics have slammed working people while the rich get richer—rather than become divided by divisive issues of race and gender. (Click on the audio clip to hear the entire ad.)
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DETROIT, Mich. — These days, as millions nationwide work to elect the first African American president, 96-year-old Dave Moore, longtime labor and community leader, wonders if it’s all just a dream.
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October 25, 2008
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Mientras que la campaña del senador republicano y candidato a la presidencia John McCain está sacando su personal de estados donde antes tenía oportunidad de ganar, la campaña de Barack Obama está aumentando su presencia en esos estados.
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A solo días después de que el sindicato de Trabajadores de la Comunicación (CWA por sus siglas en inglés) revelaran su plan integral de recuperación económica para la gente, el presidente de la Reserva Federal, Ben Bernanke, le dijo al Congreso el 20 de octubre que a pesar de los esfuerzos gubernamentales hasta la fecha, la economía tiene problemas profundos.
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El 2 de octubre los mexicanos observaron el 40 aniversario de la Matanza de la Plaza de Tlatelolco en 1968 con una marcha de miles de gente por Ciudad México además de otras actividades. Veteranos de las actividades del 1968 marcharon juntos con estudiantes que ni habían nacido en ese entonces, juntándose con agricultores y el magisterio en huelga. En Ciudad México, el gobierno local bajó las banderas a media asta.
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