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Will a Historic Agreement Be a Historic Mistake?
The historic deal between Iran, the US and five other countries is already controversial from the Capitol to the Middle East.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenThe historic deal between Iran, the US and 5 other countries is already controversial from Capitol to the Middle East. Also, workers at Walmart are staging the first of a series of strikes across the country set to culminate on Black Friday. We find out what they're asking, how the world's biggest retailer is responding and what's at stake for America's consumer economy.
Banner image: US Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif after the P5+1 and Iran concluded negotiations about Iran's nuclear capabilities on November 24, 2013. State Department photo
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2 storiesWill a Historic Agreement Be a Historic Mistake?
For the first time since the Islamic revolution 34 years ago, the US and Iran have signed an agreement. Six other nations have also agreed that economic sanctions will be suspended for six months in exchange for a temporary freeze on Iran's nuclear program. Congress and America's allies are sharply divided.
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In Miami today, Walmart workers became the latest participants in a week of labor actions scheduled to culminate on Black Friday. Workers are demanding $25,000 a year, full-time jobs for those who want them and an end to retaliation against those who participating in labor actions.
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