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A message from the editor. Billiken: Only the best for kids
August 13, 2004Bud Billiken is a fictional character from the creative minds at the Chicago Defender newspaper.
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Show Me state shows up to vote
August 13, 2004News Analysis ST. LOUIS — Voters came out in record numbers for the state’s Aug. 3 primary elections. Nearly 1.5 million Missourians voted this year, compared to 930,000 in the 2002 primaries. A big factor driving...
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No jobs, endless war: Bush has made a mess From labor to hip-hop, voters mobilize to defeat GOP
August 13, 2004CHICAGO — Eight thousand Pillowtex workers were thrown out of work a year ago when the textile giant shut its doors. Most are still out of work and will soon lose their unemployment benefits. click here...
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Payments to Black farmers blocked by U.S.
August 1, 2004Aggressive legal tactics by the Bush administration have deliberately undermined a landmark 1997 civil rights settlement with African American farmers, turning the claims process into another chapter in a long history of discriminatory treatment by the...
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Black Harvest to showcase new films
August 1, 2004CHICAGO – Five Chicago-based movies are part of this year’s Black Harvest Film Festival scheduled here Aug. 7-19 at the Gene Siskel Film Center. Of the 18 features and six shorts, all but one will be...
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