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LETTERS
January 14, 2005Don’t yield an inch The following is from an action letter from Working Families e-Activist Network. President George W. Bush, his Republican allies in Congress and corporate chiefs are on an ideological trophy hunt to destroy...
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EDITORIALS
January 14, 2005A drum major for justice Among Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s most powerful weapons was his prophetic voice that summoned the American people to stand with him against injustice. Listening to recordings of his mighty speeches,...
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40 years after Selma’s Bloody Sunday
January 14, 2005The struggle for voting rights continues Reps. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio), John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) defended the legacy of martyrs who died for voting rights when they blocked, for a few hours,...
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Workers comp cut is gift to bosses
January 14, 2005Gov. Arnold Schwartzenegger slashed the California workers’ compensation law to gain the support of employers and insurance carriers. It was nothing new for Republican politicians to attack a system, which is difficult to understand, and at...
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Nurses strike St. Louis hospital: This is all labors fight
January 14, 2005ST. LOUIS (PAI) — With the St. John’s Hospital nurses strike stretching on for weeks, the St. Louis labor community turned out in force to demonstrate solidarity behind these angels of mercy standing up for their...
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