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Lawyers assail chilling effect of Stewart conviction
March 4, 2005NEW YORK — In a case that civil libertarians say will have a chilling effect on lawyers representing unpopular clients, a jury has convicted civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart of conspiring to aid terrorists and lying...
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New Calif. single payer bill introduced
March 4, 2005Two contrasting health insurance bills were introduced into California’s Legislature last week, just before the deadline for new legislation. One would cover all Californians under a single-payer plan while cutting overall health care costs. The other...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
March 4, 2005WASHINGTON: Supreme Court halts death penalty for youth In the second major defeat for the death penalty in three years, the Supreme Court, in a 5–4 decision, ruled that persons under 18 when they committed a...
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Hot 97 struggle sparks social justice campaign
March 4, 2005NEW YORK — Out of a struggle against racist hate speech emanating from New York City’s nationally known hip-hop and R&B station Hot 97, a new coalition, tentatively called Hip-Hop for Social Justice (HHSJ), has emerged....
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Americans force Bush to regroup on Social Security
March 4, 2005PITTSBURGH — “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” That’s the message that hundreds of thousands of seniors, students, clergy and union members have sent to Republicans, who have been out on the stump to sell...
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