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In Ohio, Fathers Day rally backs immigrant rights
June 29, 2007PAINESVILLE, Ohio — With raids and arrests of undocumented workers spreading, hundreds of farmworkers held a silent, solemn Father’s Day march and rally in this mid-sized town about 30 miles east of Cleveland. “It is mostly...
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Obama, Edwards top progressive poll
June 29, 2007WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and John Edwards topped a straw poll of liberal and progressive activists at the Take Back America conference here June 20.
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At 150, NEA faces tough education issues
June 29, 2007PHILADELPHIA — The nation’s largest union, the National Education Association, returns to the city where it was founded in 1857 to hold its annual meeting and representative assembly, June 30-July 5. Led by its president, Reg...
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United for Peace and Justice sets course to end Iraq war
June 29, 2007ROSEMONT, Ill. — United for Peace and Justice, the national antiwar coalition, decided at its third national assembly here June 22-24 to make congressional action to end the Iraq war its number one priority in the...
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Restore our liberties
June 29, 2007Rights coalition presses to close Gitmo, end torture and bring back habeas corpusWASHINGTON — One week before our nation’s July 4 celebration, thousands of protesters wearing Statue of Liberty crowns and holding signs reading “Torture is...
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