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  • Sacramento says, Bring the troops home!

    Sacramento says, Bring the troops home!

    November 11, 2005

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento City Council, by an 8-1 vote on Nov. 1, called for “a humane, orderly, rapid and comprehensive withdrawal of United States military personnel and bases from Iraq.” The council also asked...

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  • Martina Cruz wins election

    Martina Cruz wins election

    November 11, 2005

    LAWRENCE, Mass. — Community and peace activist Martina Cruz handily won her race for a seat on this city’s School Committee with 65 percent of the vote in the municipal elections Nov. 8. Cruz is also...

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  • Food stamp cuts would hurt poor, immigrants

    Food stamp cuts would hurt poor, immigrants

    November 11, 2005

    News Analysis Congressional Republicans have gone on a budget-slashing rampage, working to ram through drastic cuts in food stamps and other basic social safety net programs, drawing such wide opposition even some of their own members...

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  • Hearts and souls captured in the lens: Working people still in focus for Milton Rogovin

    Hearts and souls captured in the lens: Working people still in focus for Milton Rogovin

    November 11, 2005

    “A Thirty Year Focus on a Community: Photographs by Milton Rogovin” Oak Park Public Library Art Gallery 834 Lake St., Oak Park, Ill. Through Nov. 27 For more information: www.miltonrogovin.com Is there a more sensitive photographer...

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  • France: racism, poverty lead to violence

    France: racism, poverty lead to violence

    November 11, 2005

    Fires burned across France this week as young people from immigrant families, mainly from North and West Africa, protested life on society’s working-class margins. The crisis began when two teenagers, Bouna Traore, 15, and Zyed Benna,...

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