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EDITORIAL: A two-state solution to violence
June 30, 2006The Israeli military’s massive June 28 ground and air assault on the Gaza Strip, in retaliation for a raid by armed Palestinian groups in which one Israeli soldier was captured and two others killed, again highlights...
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Chicago torture probe draws worldwide attention
June 30, 2006CHICAGO — As many as 200 people, mostly African American men, were allegedly tortured while in the custody of the Chicago Police Department during the 1970s and ’80s. The goal, victims charge, was to force them...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
June 30, 2006DOL promotes union busters The Bush administration’s Department of Labor is playing an active role in disseminating anti-union propaganda and has developed relationships with anti-union organizations, according to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)....
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Cheney to star in pro-global warming film
June 30, 2006‘A Really Convenient Truth’ set for nationwide releaseIn an attempt to counteract the impact of former Vice President Al Gore’s cautionary film about global warming, “An Inconvenient Truth,” Vice President Dick Cheney is starring in a...
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Bakers rise up: Working at Fiesta Mart in Houston is no party
June 30, 2006HOUSTON — Bakery commissary workers at the Fiesta Mart grocery store on Wirt Road in Houston will vote June 30 on whether to join the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) Local 130. Concurrently,...
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