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?California?s Harvest of Shame,? a short documentary showing some of the current conditions facing California farmworkers, is timely as AB 2386 (Nunez) is making its way to the Governor?s desk. This bill would authorize secret ballot elections for farmworkers and helps to ensure that the laws on our books match the realities in the fields. In watching this film you will learn a bit of the history that brought together the United Farm Workers led by Cesar Chavez and the reality today where farm
North Korean collapse? (Richard Halloran, August 19, 2008, Washington Times) Will the collapse be a "soft landing" in which Mr. Kim's regime gradually falls apart with the pieces picked up by the South Koreans, or will it be a "hard landing" in which Mr. Kim's regime implodes and chaos sweeps the land? The consequences of a regime change in Pyongyang could be staggering. Immediately, U.S., South Korean and Chinese troops could charge into North Korea to secure its nuclear facilities - and con
Despite numerous health and consumer safety concerns, California lawmakers fell under the lobbying influence of the chemical industry and rejected the two bills that would ban chemicals from baby bottles, food containers and microwave popcorn bags. The two measures, Senate Bill 1713 by Sen. Carole Migden, D-San Francisco, and Senate Bill 1313, by Sen. Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro, would have banned two notoriously toxic chemicals PFOA, a key ingredient of Teflon, and BPA, from food containe
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