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  • Ashcroft slammed at door of justice

    Ashcroft slammed at door of justice

    September 13, 2002

    WASHINGTON – Civil liberties, civil rights, labor, women’s equality and environmental groups were set to rally outside the U.S. Department of Justice Sept. 13 to protest the sweeping attacks on the Bill of Rights imposed by...

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  • Campaign demands immigration reform

    Campaign demands immigration reform

    September 13, 2002 By Susan Webb

    A broad nationwide grassroots coalition of labor, ethnic, religious and community groups is working to collect signatures on a million postcards demanding immigration policies that allow undocumented immigrants in the United States to earn legal status.

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  • Louisvillians protest Bush visit

    Louisvillians protest Bush visit

    September 13, 2002

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A day after President Bush conceded he might seek Congressional approval for his war on Iraq, over 400 Louisville protesters made it clear that Bush did not have their consent, nor would they...

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  • Panel hears racial profiling cases

    Panel hears racial profiling cases

    September 13, 2002

    Racial profiling and other acts of discrimination came to the surface in Naugatuck, Conn., on August 29. Speaker after speaker told an NAACP-led panel that African Americans live in fear of the police here. One citizen...

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  • Illinois AFL-CIO sets election goals

    Illinois AFL-CIO sets election goals

    September 13, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    OAK PARK, Ill. – Labor 2002, the AFL-CIO campaign to elect worker-friendly candidates in this year’s election, rolled into the western suburbs of Chicago on Sept. 6.

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