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  • Breakthrough in struggle for same-sex marriage rights

    Breakthrough in struggle for same-sex marriage rights

    February 19, 2004

    While the Massachusetts Legislature adjourned Feb. 13 without having added an amendment to the state’s constitution banning same-sex marriage, the nation’s attention swung to the other coast when San Francisco began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex...

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  • You cant beat the bosses without passing the hat!

    You cant beat the bosses without passing the hat!

    February 19, 2004

    Congratulations to People’s Weekly World supporters and fund drive organizers who worked hard to raise money for the 2003 Fund Drive. From Alaska to Maine and Hawaii to Florida, checks came in to the PWW from...

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  • U.S. denies visas to Grammy winners

    U.S. denies visas to Grammy winners

    February 13, 2004

    Ibrahim Ferrer, with the CD “Buenos Hermanos,” and Manuel Galbán and Ry Cooder, with “Mambo Sinuendo,” have both won 2004 Grammys in the Traditional Tropical Music and Instrumental Pop categories, respectively. However, neither Ferrer or Galbán...

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  • U.S. artists defend British whistleblower

    U.S. artists defend British whistleblower

    February 13, 2004

    An array of high-profile Americans – including Rev. Jesse Jackson, feminist Gloria Steinem, Daniel Ellsberg, and artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Danny Glover and Martin Sheen – released a joint statement Jan. 29 in support of...

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  • Academy celebrates Carmen Jones at 50

    Academy celebrates Carmen Jones at 50

    February 13, 2004

    NEW YORK – The 1954 Academy Award-nominated musical “Carmen Jones” will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a screening here on March 1. Presented as the next entry in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’...

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