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  • A working-class hero

    A working-class hero

    January 12, 2007

    NEW YORK — Ordinary working people can do extraordinary things. Wesley Autrey, an African American NYC union construction worker, proved that Jan. 2 when he jumped in front of a speeding subway train to rescue a...

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  • Windy City elections show growing class divide

    Windy City elections show growing class divide

    January 12, 2007

    CHICAGO — The chorus from the famous labor song “Which Side Are You On?” may turn out to be a refrain in the February city elections here. The city’s Chamber of Commerce threw down the gauntlet...

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  • Historic inauguration in Massachusetts

    Historic inauguration in Massachusetts

    January 12, 2007

    BOSTON — A huge crowd, estimated at up to 20,000 people, witnessed the Jan. 4 inauguration of Deval Patrick, only the second African American elected governor of a U.S. state. The election of Patrick, a Democrat,...

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  • NATIONAL CLIPS

    NATIONAL CLIPS

    January 12, 2007

    NEW ORLEANS: Residents say ‘Fix the levees’ Nearly two years and several billion dollars later, residents and former residents of the Crescent City are still not convinced that the levees are safe — and with good...

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  • Mayor Dellums takes office in Oakland

    Mayor Dellums takes office in Oakland

    January 12, 2007

    OAKLAND, Calif. — An exuberant, standing-room-only crowd of well-wishers mirroring the city’s diverse population packed the 3,000-seat Paramount Theater Jan. 8 to celebrate the inauguration of former Congressman Ronald V. Dellums as mayor. The landmark art...

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