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NATIONAL CLIPS
October 21, 2006BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Fighting to preserve desegregated schools The Southern Christian Leadership Conference has joined with hundreds of African American parents and others in the Vestavia Hills School District, just south of here, to halt school board...
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Court blocks Arizona voter ID
October 21, 2006CommentaryTUCSON, Ariz. — In a victory for democratic elections, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has granted an injunction that bars enforcement of Arizona’s oppressive voter identification requirements during the Nov. 7 election. The Arizona...
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Lieberman: Enabler of GOP racism
October 21, 2006NewsAnalysisNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Tensions are running high in Connecticut, with all three Republican House seats in hot contention, along with a high-stakes Senate race. Ned Lamont, who won the Democratic primary race for U.S. Senate,...
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Illinois town resists anti-immigrant law
October 21, 2006CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. — When nearly 3,000 demonstrators showed up outside a village board meeting here on Oct. 3, mostly to oppose the “Illegal Alien Immigration Relief Act,” town leaders tabled the measure in order to facilitate...
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Lumpkin, Saint of Chicago, feted at 90
October 21, 2006CHICAGO — “We look forward to celebrating Frank’s 180th birthday,” declared Scott Marshall, labor secretary of the Communist Party and friend of Frank Lumpkin, who was celebrating his 90th birthday with family, friends and comrades at...
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