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  • Major voting rights victory in Alabama

    Major voting rights victory in Alabama

    August 25, 2006

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — On Aug. 23, in a major voting rights victory, an Alabama judge ruled that state and local election officials have improperly disfranchised eligible voters in violation of the state Constitution. The court in...

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  • Vigil, lawsuits challenge N.J. towns anti-immigrant law

    Vigil, lawsuits challenge N.J. towns anti-immigrant law

    August 23, 2006

    Nearly 500 people gathered in front of the Riverside, N.J., town hall, for a prayer vigil Aug. 20, to voice their opposition to an ordinance that prohibits hiring and housing undocumented immigrants. Under the city ordinance,...

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  • Lawsuit seeks overturn of Hazleton, Pa., anti-immigrant law

    Lawsuit seeks overturn of Hazleton, Pa., anti-immigrant law

    August 23, 2006

    Civil liberties groups filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Hazleton, Pa., on Aug. 15, challenging a city ordinance that makes it illegal to sell goods or services, rent to, hire or help undocumented immigrants....

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  • Senator Allens monkeyshines

    Senator Allens monkeyshines

    August 22, 2006

    Mel Gibson drove drunk and, when stopped by a traffic cop, slurred some anti-Semitic slurs. Some defended him thus: “it was just the liquor talking.” Trouble is, liquor does not talk, but people do, and as...

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  • Tyre, Under Siege

    Tyre, Under Siege

    August 22, 2006

    Israeli jets hurl rockets at Tyre, the Queen City of the Sea, formerly known as Sur. She has endured against the Assyrians, the Chaldeans, the Persians, and the hated Crusaders who defiled her land. Israel forgets...

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