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Commission votes to enforce living wage
August 16, 2002OAKLAND, Calif. – After three months of stalling on carrying out the mandate of Alameda County voters, the Oakland Port Commission voted Aug. 6 to require that eight rental car companies and about 100 other firms...
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McKinney supporters hold fundraiser
August 16, 2002PHILADELPHIA – Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.), running in an August 20 Democratic primary to represent her district after five terms in office and another vicious fight against her, announced at a fundraiser held in the Mount...
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Commercialism invades Billiken parade
August 16, 2002CHICAGO – Over a million people, despite heat and sun, attended the 73rd annual Bud Billiken Parade here Aug. 10, and millions more watched the nation’s second largest parade on television. Historically, the parade represents a...
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Four plead guilty in racist conspiracy
August 16, 2002YORK, Pa. – Four white men pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges Aug. 14 in the shooting death of a Black woman during a 1969 lynch attack on the city’s African-American community. The four were among 10...
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Peace groups hail Armey, blast Iraq war plan
August 16, 2002Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey’s statements condemning George W. Bush’s rush toward a unilateral war on Iraq hit Washington like a thunderclap, drawing praise from peace groups that usually hammer him for his extreme rightwing...
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