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From Emmett Till to Harold Washington: Arlene Brigham: foot soldier for equality
August 12, 2005CHICAGO — Arlene Brigham’s eyes still blaze when she talks about Emmett Till. At 88 years old she can still vividly recall the pain and outrage surrounding the lynching of the 14-year-old African American on Aug....
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Atkins introduces low-cash diet
August 12, 2005Free ketchup, mustard packets dominate new weight-loss program Two days after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., said today that although its low-carb diet had lost its luster, the company was introducing what it...
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Looming AIDS funding crisis
August 12, 2005Federal AIDS funding is dangerously inadequate and doesn’t look like it will improve soon. This year 20,000 new cases are expected to be newly diagnosed. But instead of increasing funding, the Bush administration unveiled a proposal...
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Autoworkers rally: Union in, scabs out
August 12, 2005LIVONIA, Mich. — “Union in, scabs out,” shouted 600 UAW members from Ford, GM, Daimler-Chrysler and auto parts supplier plants as they marched to the Hercules Drawn Steel plant in this Detroit suburb July 28. Jimmy...
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Minimum wage headed for ballot in New Mexico
August 12, 2005ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Living Wage Coalition here has collected 30,000 signatures on petitions to place a measure on the Oct. 4 ballot to increase the minimum wage in this city from $5.50 an hour to...
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