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New ID bill will harm thousands
May 13, 2005News Analysis Congress has passed legislation that will profoundly affect the way U.S. citizens live — and not for the better. Spearheaded by Republicans, the REAL ID Act carries with it dangerous provisions, including the creation...
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U.S. bounty on Black Panther targets Cuba
May 13, 2005New Jersey’s attorney general and its police superintendent announced May 2 that a bounty of $1 million had been posted for the return to New Jersey from Cuba of former Black Panther Party leader Assata Shakur....
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Community wins housing, saves historic station
May 13, 2005OAKLAND, Calif. — A sense of high drama filled the City Council chamber May 3 as former Congressman Ronald V. Dellums called on council members to put the needs of West Oakland’s working-class community first in...
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Calif. governor on slippery slope
May 13, 2005News Analysis Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger continued this week to lose ground on proposals he announced with great fanfare in January, while his poll numbers sagged further. The governor’s original agenda focused on a constitutional amendment to...
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University students rally to defend Social Security
May 13, 2005SAN JOSE, Calif. — The message was clear: Social Security is a program for all ages. “Many of your classmates are here because they are receiving survivor and disability benefits,” San Jose Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren told...
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