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  • Pride mixes with politics in New York City march

    Pride mixes with politics in New York City march

    July 2, 2004

    NEW YORK – The estimated 1.5 million participants in the June 27 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride March here celebrated the past but kept an eye on the future. While the atmosphere was festive, with...

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  • Court voids presidents power grab

    Court voids presidents power grab

    July 2, 2004

    Defenders of the Bill of Rights greeted two decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court June 28 sharply rebuffing George W. Bush’s claim of sweeping powers to detain U.S. citizens and foreigners indefinitely, without criminal charges, in...

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  • Unions slam war, call for Bush ouster

    Unions slam war, call for Bush ouster

    July 2, 2004

    SAN FRANCISCO – Delegates to conventions of two of the nation’s largest unions last week cheered as their leaders blasted George W. Bush for lying to justify war on Iraq and for torture of Iraqi detainees....

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  • A readers report: The money game points to budget woes

    A readers report: The money game points to budget woes

    June 25, 2004 By Joseph Hancock

    LOS ANGELES – It was 6:30 p.m. on a Wednesday night in late April. Members of the community were greeted at the door by 10th District area coordinator John Choi: “Welcome to the Money Game,” he...

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  • Juneteenth celebrated across Texas

    Juneteenth celebrated across Texas

    June 25, 2004

    GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – “Juneteenth,” which began on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas, when General Gordon Granger of the Union Army gave a long-delayed reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, is now celebrated throughout the South...

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