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Washington U students sit in, demand living wage
May 13, 2005ST. LOUIS — About 20 students and alumni entered the Washington University admissions office April 4, demanding a response to their appeal for a living wage for campus employees. The students are members of the Student...
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Rumsfeld sued for allowing torture
May 13, 2005WASHINGTON — Defenders of human rights have hailed as long overdue a lawsuit holding Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld responsible for the torture of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan. Filed March 1 in an Illinois federal court...
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Dont pick our pockets to line your own: Nationwide Social Security actions hit Schwab investment
May 13, 2005CHICAGO — “Privatizing Social Security may be good business for Charles Schwab, but it’s a bad deal for working Americans,” Chicago Federation of Labor President Dennis Gannon told the multiracial and multigenerational crowd of 300 that...
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Death penalty opponents protest in Vt., Conn.
May 12, 2005On May 8, about two dozen death penalty opponents began a five-day walk to protest the Connecticut’s plans to execute a serial killer who admitted murdering and raping eight women in Connecticut and New York in...
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Defend Pablo Paredes and all GI resisters
May 11, 2005On May 11th, sailor Pablo Paredes and soldier Kevin Benderman will face a military court martial for their opposition to the Iraq War. Their applications for conscientious objector status have been denied. Meanwhile, Camp Pendleton announced...
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