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  • State of Black America 2005: Prescription for change

    State of Black America 2005: Prescription for change

    April 29, 2005

    The National Urban League’s latest report, “State of Black America 2005: Prescription for Change,” is yet another warning that structural inequality and racism are leaving Africans Americans behind, marginalizing major segments of our society. Warning “our...

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  • Bolton called serial abuser, spreader of war lies

    Bolton called serial abuser, spreader of war lies

    April 29, 2005

    WASHINGTON — Carl W. Ford Jr., former chief of the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, told senators April 12 that John Bolton, President Bush’s choice for UN ambassador, is a “serial abuser … an...

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  • Mass struggle on the upswing in Iraq

    Mass struggle on the upswing in Iraq

    April 29, 2005 By Susan Webb

    Tens of thousands of Iraqis demonstrated against the U.S. occupation, April 9, in Baghdad. Some estimated the numbers as high as 300,000. The rally reflected the virtually unanimous anger in Iraq over the U.S. military presence...

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  • Steelworkers come out swinging

    Steelworkers come out swinging

    April 29, 2005

    Merged union adopts grassroots action plan LAS VEGAS — Perhaps more than any other union, the United Steelworkers of America has confronted head-on corporate liquidation, government betrayal, and outright attacks affecting hundreds of thousands of steelworkers....

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  • Terminators pension scam takes hit

    Terminators pension scam takes hit

    April 29, 2005

    Gov feels ‘street heat’ SAN FRANCISCO — In a surprise announcement April 7, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he is delaying until June 2006 a controversial ballot initiative to change state workers’ pensions from public, guaranteed-benefit...

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