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Peoples' election night watch party in Raleigh (11/6)

Peoples' election night watch party in Raleigh (11/6)

12 Oct, 2012

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Peoples' election night watch party in Raleigh (11/6)

All are welcome to watch the election returns on the big, wide movie screen at the Fruit of Labor World Cultural Center in Raleigh on November 6.

Peoples' election night watch party in Raleigh (11/6)

Children speak out against American Crystal Sugar lockout

12 Oct, 2012

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12 Oct, 2012

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Children speak out against American Crystal Sugar lockout

Since the company refuses to listen to its workers, the children and grandchildren of locked out American Crystal Sugar Company workers gathered to write letters to CEO Dave Berg and board members about how the lockout is affecting their families and communities.

Children speak out against American Crystal Sugar lockout

Guide to Big Money influencing North Carolina elections

Guide to Big Money influencing North Carolina elections

06 Oct, 2012

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Guide to Big Money influencing North Carolina elections

Want to know where all the big corporate cash flooding North Carolina elections will be coming from in 2012? Facing South, a publication from our friends at the Institute for Southern Studies, has some answers.

Guide to Big Money influencing North Carolina elections

ALEC founder in 1980 video says he's against voting

06 Oct, 2012

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06 Oct, 2012

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ALEC founder in 1980 video says he's against voting

Paul Weyrich, founder of the ALEC, the corporate-funded group that has written Voter ID laws passed by state legislatures since 2010, told an audience in the Fall of 1980 that "I don't want people to vote....In fact, our leverage goes up as the voting populace goes down."

ALEC founder in 1980 video says he's against voting

NC Labor Commissioner wants to abolish the minimum wage

NC Labor Commissioner wants to abolish the minimum wage

06 Oct, 2012

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NC Labor Commissioner wants to abolish the minimum wage

Cherie Berry is either clueless about the fact that minimum wage earners who work full-time, 40 hours a week, in one year earn only $15,080 - or she doesn't care. Either way, Cherie Berry should not be North Carolina's Commissioner of Labor.

NC Labor Commissioner wants to abolish the minimum wage

Pat McCrory thinks unemployed have it too easy

06 Oct, 2012

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06 Oct, 2012

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Pat McCrory thinks unemployed have it too easy

Too bad for jobless North Carolinians, the Republican candidate for Governor of North Carolina, Pat McCrory, says applying for unemployment benefits should be more difficult.

Pat McCrory thinks unemployed have it too easy