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  • Bush maneuvers on wiretaps

    Bush maneuvers on wiretaps

    January 26, 2007

    NewsAnalysis The Bush administration, in a letter last week from Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to Congress, seemed to back away from its assertion that it has the right to spy on phone conversations of anybody in...

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  • Civil rights groups launch 2007 agenda

    Civil rights groups launch 2007 agenda

    January 26, 2007

    Civil rights groups see a chance to make important gains during the next two years with the new dynamics in Congress. In a letter earlier this month to members of the House and Senate, the Leadership...

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  • NATIONAL CLIPS

    NATIONAL CLIPS

    January 26, 2007

    NEW ORLEANS: Low-income residents fight to ‘come home’ Hurricane Katrina evicted elderly and low-income residents from their homes and tossed families into temporary housing across the country. Despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles, including what some have called...

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  • Hotel room attendants tell their stories

    Hotel room attendants tell their stories

    January 26, 2007

    SAN JOSE, Calif. — The walls of the meeting room were lined with photos of dozens of women, their warm and friendly faces contrasting sharply with the close-ups of their swollen, work-scarred hands, mounted below. The...

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  • Millions demand Senate enact, Bush sign 100-hour agenda

    Millions demand Senate enact, Bush sign 100-hour agenda

    January 26, 2007

    WASHINGTON — Mass organizations with millions of members celebrated House passage in 42 hours of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 100-hour agenda. They demanded that the Senate do the same, including raising the minimum wage, slashing college loan...

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