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Retailers' Pledges On Garment Worker Safety Ring Hollow

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.03.2013 | Business
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The climbing death toll in the wake of a massive building collapse in Bangladesh has put increasing pressure on Western retailers to commit themselves...

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Grace Meng Becomes New York's First Asian-American Congresswoman

| Posted 11.08.2012 | New York
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By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer QUEENS — Rep. Grace Meng made history Tuesday, shaking off her Republican challenger and long voting ...

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New York's 2012 Election Results

| Posted 11.07.2012 | New York
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By Julie Shapiro, Jill Colvin NEW YORK CITY — Voters reelected President Barack Obama to the White House Tuesday after a hotly contested campaign...

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Congressional Candidate's Father Arrested On Bribery Charge

Forest Hills Patch | Matthew Hampton | Posted 09.23.2012 | Politics
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Former Assembly member Jimmy Meng, the first Asian-American legislator to serve on the state level, was arrested by federal agents Tuesday, according ...

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The Most Powerful Labor Leader In NYC

New York Observer | Posted 09.17.2012 | New York
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On the night last month when Grace Meng won a tightly contested Democratic primary for a new Congressional seat in Queens, she took the stage at a pac...

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Extremely Low Voter Turnout Tuesday

Posted 06.28.2012 | New York
Read More: Kristen Gillibrand, New York Democratic Primaries, Ny News, Grace Meng, Hakeem Jeffries, New York News, Charlie Rangel, Charles Barron, New York Primaries, Video, New York News

It turns out that yes, Austin Finan, a spokesman for Grace Meng's winning campaign, was right: "Folks don't vote in June." A court ruled that New...

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PRIMARY DAY

| Posted 06.26.2012 | New York
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By Patrick Hedlund, DNAinfo News Editor NEW YORK CITY — New Yorkers take to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in a handful of hotly contested...

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Congressional Candidate's Texting Habit Under Fire

The Huffington Post | Erin Mershon | Posted 06.01.2012 | Politics
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After checking her cell phone nearly 20 times in a recent debate in what her opponents said was texting for answers, Elizabeth Crowley, a Democratic c...

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Courting Asian Voters

Heath Brown | Posted 07.21.2012 | Politics
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The number of Asians in the country is on the rise. Will this group of voters be courted by candidates to the same extent as other constituencies?

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Female Farmworkers Commonly Suffer Sexual Assault, Harassment

AP | TRACIE CONE | Posted 07.15.2012 | Women
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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Female farmworkers across the United States are commonly sexually harassed and assaulted, in part because their immigration st...

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Rush Limbaugh Boycott Gains Steam

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Rush Limbaugh's imitation of the Chinese language during a recent speech made by Chinese President Hu Jintao has stirred a back...

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