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  • End funding inequity

    End funding inequity

    May 27, 2005

    SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Thousands of students, educators and community leaders filled the Capitol rotunda here May 18 to protest the deepening crisis of state education funding. The protesters came from all over the state. More than...

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  • Remembering the Memorial Day massacre

    Remembering the Memorial Day massacre

    May 27, 2005

    The Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees is hosting a picnic and rally May 29 in Chicago to commemorate those who died for workers’ rights and for those continuing the struggle today. Below is a historical essay...

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  • Racism in East Texas

    Racism in East Texas

    May 27, 2005

    The four white men who beat an African American unconscious and left him for dead near Linden, Texas, received incredibly light sentences from an all-white jury on May 13. Two received a plea-bargained sentence of 30...

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  • Black Caucus hearing exposes anti-people budget

    Black Caucus hearing exposes anti-people budget

    May 27, 2005 By Joseph Hancock And Martha Hancock

    LOS ANGELES – California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released a revision to his budget proposal on May 13, which seeks to close an $8.6 billion budget gap by slashing social services. Members of the Legislative Black Caucus,...

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  • Progressive base elects Villaraigosa

    Progressive base elects Villaraigosa

    May 27, 2005

    NewsAnalysis LOS ANGELES — Virtually every news outlet in the nation, and in much of the world, is hailing as historic the victory of Antonio Villaraigosa as mayor of Los Angeles. Almost all cite the election...

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