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Roberts confirmation: We will judge this vote harshly
September 30, 2005With the Senate expected to confirm John Roberts as chief justice of the Supreme Court, civil rights and liberties leaders said senators who voted for Roberts were “turning their backs” on women’s, civil and voting rights.
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Change to Win holds founding convention
September 30, 2005ST. LOUIS — Seventy-five percent of Change to Win’s $16 million budget will be earmarked for union organizing, delegates to the labor federation’s founding convention decided here Sept. 27. The affiliating unions are the Service Employees,...
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A day of theater to benefit PWW
September 30, 2005The 2005 annual fund drive is underway and more than $20,000 has been collected. Plans are underway across the country to raise thousands more.
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Rural Mississippi hung out to dry
September 30, 2005A full 22 days after Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast, Robert Williams of Vancleave, Miss., is still waiting for a FEMA or a county truck — something. “I called FEMA, once the phones came back,”...
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Make levees, not war: 300,000 marchers say End Iraq war
September 30, 2005Protesters demand justice for hurricane survivors WASHINGTON — An estimated 300,000 antiwar demonstrators marched past the White House Sept. 24 chanting, “End the war now — Bring the troops home!” It was the mightiest peace outpouring...
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