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Segregation still the norm in Philadelphia schools
June 10, 2005PHILADELPHIA — In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that segregation in schools was unconstitutional. It took another 25 years to make any changes in the educational system in some cities, even in the North. The...
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Protesters confront Bush at posh fundraiser
June 10, 2005ST. LOUIS — More than 500 trade unionists, community activists and students protested outside a $2,000-a-plate fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Jim Talent here June 2. President Bush was the fundraiser’s guest of honor. The Republicans’ attacks...
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Arnolds problems multiply as election decision looms
June 10, 2005As the mid-June deadline approaches for California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to call a special election, voters are failing to support key issues in his program and his anti-immigrant remarks are further alienating many. An initiative mandating...
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National Clips
June 10, 2005DURHAM, N.C.: Mayor leads protest against cross burnings The Klu Klux Klan (KKK) has been operating just below the radar for years but that changed here May 25 when three crosses were burned in different locations...
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Students opt out of recruitment
June 10, 2005The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico filed a lawsuit on May 6 against the Albuquerque School District for failing to notify parents that they could refuse to allow schools to send their children’s contact...
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