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  • Katrina profiteering, war on workers

    Katrina profiteering, war on workers

    September 1, 2006

    Bechtel, Halliburton drive up costs while local contractors, workers are shut out One year after Hurricane Katrina, one thing is clear: the term “masters of deceit” could be accurately applied to the Bush administration for its...

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  • Support grows for Lt. Ehren Watada

    Support grows for Lt. Ehren Watada

    August 25, 2006

    SAN FRANCISCO — Supporters of 1st Lt. Ehren Watada — the first commissioned officer to publicly refuse deployment to Iraq — welcomed his father, Bob Watada, this week for a whirlwind tour of the Bay Area....

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  • Major voting rights victory in Alabama

    Major voting rights victory in Alabama

    August 25, 2006

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — On Aug. 23, in a major voting rights victory, an Alabama judge ruled that state and local election officials have improperly disfranchised eligible voters in violation of the state Constitution. The court in...

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  • Vigil, lawsuits challenge N.J. towns anti-immigrant law

    Vigil, lawsuits challenge N.J. towns anti-immigrant law

    August 23, 2006

    Nearly 500 people gathered in front of the Riverside, N.J., town hall, for a prayer vigil Aug. 20, to voice their opposition to an ordinance that prohibits hiring and housing undocumented immigrants. Under the city ordinance,...

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  • Lawsuit seeks overturn of Hazleton, Pa., anti-immigrant law

    Lawsuit seeks overturn of Hazleton, Pa., anti-immigrant law

    August 23, 2006

    Civil liberties groups filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Hazleton, Pa., on Aug. 15, challenging a city ordinance that makes it illegal to sell goods or services, rent to, hire or help undocumented immigrants....

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