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  • State of Black California points to inequalities

    State of Black California points to inequalities

    February 9, 2007

    A report released last week by the California Legislative Black Caucus titled “The State of Black California” reveals the glaring inequalities faced by the state’s African Americans and Latinos in overall economic well-being, housing, health, education...

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  • War with Iran? Not if Congress acts

    War with Iran? Not if Congress acts

    February 9, 2007

    Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Feb. 1, Zbigniew Brzezinski blasted the “U.S. war of choice in Iraq” calling it a “historic, strategic and moral calamity.”

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  • GOP squelches Iraq debate  War opponents declare, We will not be silenced

    GOP squelches Iraq debate War opponents declare, We will not be silenced

    February 9, 2007

    WASHINGTON — The antiwar movement voiced outrage that the Republican minority in the Senate voted Feb. 5 to block debate on a bipartisan resolution condemning President Bush’s plan to send an additional 48,000 troops into the...

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  • Exxon, Bush fiddle while planet burns

    Exxon, Bush fiddle while planet burns

    February 9, 2007 By Susan Webb

    On Feb. 1 Exxon Mobil announced the largest profits ever earned by a U.S. company — $40 billion in 2006. A day later, the UK Guardian reported that the Exxon-funded Bush-connected American Enterprise Institute sent letters...

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  • Judge declares mistrial on Watada case

    Judge declares mistrial on Watada case

    February 8, 2007

    FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) - The judge overseeing the court martial of an Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq declared a mistrial Wednesday, saying the soldier did not fully understand a document he signed...

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