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Latino environmental activists shaping urban agenda
November 3, 2006EL MONTE, Calif. (AP) — Maria Valdez didn’t consider herself an environmentalist when she pressed this city east of Los Angeles to buy land ringed with factories and railroad tracks for a new neighborhood park. The...
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NAACP forum hears dangers of media consolidation
November 3, 2006OAKLAND, Calif. — If media ownership rules are changed to allow even more consolidation, already poor coverage of issues important to racial and ethnic minorities and working-class communities could get much worse, with severe consequences for...
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Bilateral negotiations with North Korea are a necessity
November 3, 2006In the aftermath of the Oct. 9 nuclear test by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), many in the region and around the world now worry about the acceleration of nuclear proliferation and the...
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The border wall: who will build it?
November 3, 2006NewsAnalysisDALLAS — All over Texas, people are incredulous about the Republican election ploy to build a 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexico border — from Columbus, N.M., to El Paso, Texas. President George W. Bush signed a...
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Fund drive traveling in the Pacific Northwest
November 3, 2006SEQUIM, Wash. — My wife Joyce and I traveled 900 miles in Washington and Oregon earlier this month, raising funds for the 2006 PWW fund drive. One rainy Sunday, we met in Seattle with B.J. Mangaoang...
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