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• Jesse Jackson: Take it to the Streets

  March 24, 2010

  Last weekend, Rev. Jesse Jackson came to New York to speak at the Left Forum. While he was there, he took some time to chat with Laura about the health care bill--now the health care reform law--and the forces fighting against it.

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• Back to Work, Jesse Jackson and Day Labor

  March 23, 2010

  Amidst all the hullabaloo over the health care bill in the past week, President Obama quietly signed the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, otherwise known as the HIRE Act or the jobs bill. But is the bill, mostly a collection of temporary corporate tax breaks, really going to put people to work--or will it bypass those most in need, often communities of color and urban residents?

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