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  • Health care as a human right

    Health care as a human right

    November 12, 2004

    In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a “Second Bill of Rights” for Americans, declaring “freedom from want” to be one of four essential liberties necessary for human security. Roosevelt’s definition of freedom included “the right...

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  • Colo. students sit-in to protest Bush

    Colo. students sit-in to protest Bush

    November 12, 2004

    Though the movement to defeat President George W. Bush suffered an electoral defeat on Nov. 2, students at Boulder High School in Colorado proved by example that this movement is hardly out of steam. Nearly 100...

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  • Fight to save South LA trauma center continues

    Fight to save South LA trauma center continues

    November 12, 2004

    LOS ANGELES — South Los Angeles area residents and their allies are expected to rally Monday afternoon, Nov. 15, to protest the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ proposal to close the Martin Luther King Jr./Charles...

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  • Bush plan for Social Security: divide and profit

    Bush plan for Social Security: divide and profit

    November 12, 2004 By Art Perlo

    At the Republican Convention this summer, President Bush said, “We must strengthen Social Security by allowing younger workers to save some of their taxes in a personal account.”

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  • Sunshine State votes to hike minimum wage

    Sunshine State votes to hike minimum wage

    November 12, 2004

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Nov. 2 witnessed a great step forward for workplace justice in Florida. By an overwhelming 72-28 percent majority, the state’s voters adopted “The Florida Minimum Wage Amendment” to the state’s constitution. Commonly known...

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