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December 10, 2012 Six weeks after Hurricane Sandy relief, workers in the Rockaways see no end to requests for help by Andrea Sears December 10, 2012 A national housing rights organization looks how well the U.S. government is complying with the right to housing by Jose Santiago December 10, 2012 NYCOSH presentation shows troubles coming from clean up efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy by Linda Perry December 10, 2012 A new study shows New York's public schools are not meeting students basic needs by Rebecca Myles December 7, 2012 New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health gives presentation over health concerns and problems with Hurricane Sandy clean up by Linda Perry December 7, 2012 A national report released finds an increasing percentage of the nation's children are being thrust into poverty by Jose Santiago December 7, 2012 The State of Michigan is on the verge of becoming the 24th so-called right-to-work state. by Jose Santiago December 7, 2012 New York Civil Liberties Union files a federal lawsuit over the overuse of solitary confinement in State prisons by Rebecca Myles December 5, 2012 Governor Cuomo gives an update on Sandy relief efforts by Jose Santiago December 5, 2012 Parents, their children and activists were at City Hall today before leaving of a bus tour to protest cuts to education by Rebecca Myles December 5, 2012 Parents are speaking out tonight in Williamsburg, Brooklyn about a controversial Charter School planned for their neighborhood by Rebecca Myles December 5, 2012 An update on the Brooklyn Stop and Frisk trial by Jose Santiago December 5, 2012 NDAA Amendment May Not Stop Indefinite Detentions Of US Citizens by Andrea Sears December 4, 2012 Faith leaders are speaking out about post-Sandy housing by Linda Perry December 4, 2012 DEC released proposed fracking regulations by Rebecca Myles December 4, 2012 Critics say Republican-backed fiscal plan short on details by Andrea Sears December 4, 2012 Peace Activists from New Jersey and Pennsylvania will petition Congress to cut military spending by Jose Santiago December 3, 2012 Students at Cooper Union occupied the top floor today over threats of tuition fees by Rebecca Myles December 3, 2012 Is the City ordering volunteer relief services to close down in hard hit Storm Sandy areas? by Andrea Sears December 3, 2012 New York City trying to do restoration on the cheap, especially in the Rockaways by Jose Santiago