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Sacramento says, Bring the troops home!
November 11, 2005SACRAMENTO, 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
November 11, 2005LAWRENCE, 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
November 11, 2005News 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
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
November 11, 2005Fires 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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