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State of the Union: whose America?
February 1, 2002Historically, presidents have used their State of the Union address as a stage from which to sketch their vision of the nation and its future. For the entire article, click on the headline. To read AFL-CIO...
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White House undermines women
January 26, 2002The Bush administration’s assaults on women’s programs continued right up until the ball dropped on 2001, with a late December announcement that the 10 regional offices of the Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau will be axed...
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11th hour on global warming
January 26, 2002Last year was the second warmest since regular records began 120 years ago, according to the National Climatic Data Center, and scientists predict 2002 may be the warmest year yet. Global warming is here, and an...
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Missile defense: fools gold
January 26, 2002When the Pentagon’s latest “kill vehicle” slammed into a mock warhead 140 miles above the Pacific Ocean, the Bush administration and defense contractors cheered: National missile defense was one step closer to fruition. They should have...
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Sixth Amendment rights denied
January 26, 2002CHICAGO – First Defense Legal Aid, an organization which provides police station defense to thousands of low income and minority people accused the Chicago police of systematically denying Chicagoans their Sixth Amendment right to an attorney....
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