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EDITORIAL: Congressional elections matter
March 17, 2006Peace-loving, working-class, progressive and left-minded people are commemorating the third anniversary of an illegal, immoral war this weekend. While mourning the thousands of dead and war-wounded Americans and Iraqis and worrying about attacks on democratic rights,...
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Equality, or not: Threat of two-tier workforce is fault line of U.S. immigration policies
March 17, 2006Equality has become an unmentionable word in Congress. It doesn’t come even once in the 300-page omnibus immigration bill introduced last week by Senator Arlen Specter, nor in any of the others Congress is considering. They...
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No more environment left to wreck
March 17, 2006Secretary of the Interior Gail Norton announced her resignation March 10, saying that there was “no more environment left to wreck” after five years at her Cabinet-level job. Flanked by members of her Department of the...
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March 17, 2006Oakland teachers rally As the teachers union prepared to resume contract talks in its 20-month dispute with the Oakland Unified School District, parents, community supporters and San Francisco educators rallied with over 500 Oakland teachers and...
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Sunshine State janitors fight for a living wage
March 17, 2006MIAMI — Hundreds of students, faculty, clergy, and community supporters marched through the University of Miami campus March 3 chanting, singing and carrying signs. At the edge of the campus this spirited throng joined scores of...
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