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Last-minute drive to save prisoners life
December 9, 2005SAN FRANCISCO — The most impressive words of the evening came not from the podium, moving as the speakers were, but from a cell phone, barely audible in the Victoria Theater’s packed auditorium. “I have great...
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Gulf Coast update
December 9, 2005Katrina survivors charge racism Four African American New Orleans residents told a House committee Dec. 6 that they felt a sense of abandonment from all levels of government when Hurricane Katrina hit. The survivors said that...
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NYU teaching assistants struggle for union
December 9, 2005NEW YORK — A coalition of labor, political leaders and community organizations gathered Dec. 5 in front of New York University’s Bobst Library, where the school’s administration is located, in support of the approximately 1,000 graduate...
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National Clips
December 9, 2005MONTGOMERY, Ala.: Thousands march to honor Rosa Parks Dec. 1 was the 50th anniversary of a simple act by a garment worker, Rosa Parks, who sat down in the front of a Montgomery bus so millions...
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Bush victory ploy flops
December 9, 2005The aggressive White House campaign to re-sell the Iraq war to the American public appears to be dead on arrival. As President Bush delivered his Nov. 30 “strategy for victory in Iraq” speech, a Time poll...
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