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  • Another Virginia politician goes ape

    Another Virginia politician goes ape

    January 4, 2007

    Virgil Goode is the congressman for Virginia’s 5th district, a large swatch of inland territory that extends from around Charlottesville to the North Carolina border. It is conservative and mostly rural, unlike the more liberal population...

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  • Facing Imminent Homelessness, Woodlands Families Appeal to Landlord

    Facing Imminent Homelessness, Woodlands Families Appeal to Landlord

    January 4, 2007

    New Orleans, LA – Eighteen Woodlands families facing homelessness will hold a press conference at 9 a.m. on their eviction date, Thursday, January 4, to ask Soundra Johnson-Temple of Baton Rouge, owner of Johnson Properties Group,...

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  • Bringing democracy to Cuba: chocolate and perks

    Bringing democracy to Cuba: chocolate and perks

    December 23, 2006

    Between 1996 and 2005, the U.S. government handed out $75 million for exporting Washington’s version of democracy to Cuba. Because Cuba has laws against citizens taking money from hostile foreign powers, the funds, authorized by the...

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  • Hoosiers say no to privatization scheme

    Hoosiers say no to privatization scheme

    December 22, 2006

    INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Mitch Daniels and Family and Social Services Administration Secretary Mitch Roob are planning to privatize the food stamp and other state welfare application processes in Indiana. The privatization scheme would put the state...

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  • Pacific Northwest Native people  a brief history

    Pacific Northwest Native people a brief history

    December 22, 2006

    Native American Indians in the Pacific Northwest are engaged in a struggle for their human, economic and civil rights that takes many forms. Every four years, for example, there are “paddles” in which tribes travel long...

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