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Voters rebuff nonpartisan scheme
November 22, 2003NEW YORK – Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg sustained a major defeat on Election Day when the electorate overwhelmingly voted down the proposal for nonpartisan elections that he bankrolled. Though the mayor said that nonpartisan elections, which...
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Victory for science education in Texas
November 22, 2003Right-wing radicals recently suffered a setback in Texas when the State Board of Education refused to ban 11 biology textbooks that presented evolution as scientific fact instead of a hypothesis. The ultra-conservative radicals mounted a campaign...
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National Clips
November 22, 2003ATLANTA, Ga.: Patriot Act inspires dictatorships, says Carter First, former Vice President Al Gore, and now former President Jimmy Carter have condemned the Patriot Act. On Nov. 11 Carter said civil liberties have eroded in the...
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Tyson workers vow to keep up fight
November 22, 2003“Another day longer, another day stronger.” That’s how striking Tyson Foods worker Sherri Anderson summed up the status of what is shaping up to be an epic labor battle. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney visited the picket...
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Big push to block GOP energy bill
November 22, 2003WASHINGTON – Calls resounded on Capitol Hill for senators to block enactment of the 1,000-page Energy Policy Act, a Christmas tree laden with sugarplums for the oil and gas monopolies. The House approved the energy bill...
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