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  • Senate votes to pull troops from Iraq by 08

    Senate votes to pull troops from Iraq by 08

    March 30, 2007

    WASHINGTON — In a sharp rebuff to President George W. Bush, both the House and Senate have approved versions of a supplemental spending bill calling for withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq next year. The...

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  • New immigration bill introduced

    New immigration bill introduced

    March 30, 2007

    On March 23, Reps. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) introduced a new comprehensive immigration bill, the “Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy” (STRIVE) Act, HR 1645. The bill has 29 initial co-sponsors,...

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  • Party of hope archives show living history

    Party of hope archives show living history

    March 30, 2007

    NEW YORK — This wasn’t your usual trip to the library. At New York University’s Tamiment Library, March 23, people jammed in to sit on folding chairs or stand shoulder-to-shoulder and listen to speakers tell of...

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  • Students sit in to save schools

    Students sit in to save schools

    March 30, 2007

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — As hundreds of students, parents and concerned citizens chanted “No takeover,” the Missouri Board of Education voted 5-1 to strip accreditation from the 32,000-student St. Louis City Public Schools March 22. A...

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  • The Party of Hope

    The Party of Hope

    March 28, 2007 By Norman Markowitz

    Let me say that I am happy and proud to speak today at the opening of the Communist Party, USA’s papers at the Tamiment Library of NYU. I hope I do well because this really important...

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