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EDITORIAL: Outrageous intimidation
May 20, 2005The Bush administration’s attack on Newsweek is a smokescreen and part of its vicious assault on freedom of the press. Newsweek carried a brief report, approved by the Pentagon before publication, that military personnel at the...
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New dimensions African immigrants in the U.S.
May 20, 2005The election of Barack Obama to the U.S. Senate brought national attention to the growing presence and influence of African immigrants in the United States. The son of a Kenyan immigrant, Obama is only the third...
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150 student leaders weigh in on Social Security
May 20, 2005Determined to have their voices heard, 150 student government presidents signed a nonpartisan letter calling on Congress and the White House to protect Social Security. Representing hundreds of thousands of college students from all 50 states,...
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Labor unity crucial to national health care fight
May 20, 2005The complexity of the profit-based U.S. health care system is well known. It is a patchwork quilt of corporations seeking to maximize their profits. For the nation’s unions, this has meant the necessity of dealing with...
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Industrial unions blast Bush, CAFTA
May 20, 2005WASHINGTON — “The destruction of manufacturing in this country is a crime,” charged John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO. “And the criminals are still walking around. They should be locked up.” Sweeney’s remarks summed up the...
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