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Progressive programs under attack
April 26, 2002NEW YORK – Marymount Manhattan College (MMC) is a small liberal arts college located on the Upper East Side here. The beginning of the spring terms marked a fundamental change in the way MMC is administered....
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May Day: Born in the USA
April 26, 2002On June 22, 1835, in Philadelphia, on the Schuykill River coal wharves, the workers paraded in the streets behind banners demanding, “From 6 to 6, ten hours work and two hours for meals.” They won their...
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Groups protest INS raids and arrests
April 26, 2002OAKLAND – Leaders of labor, immigrant rights and community groups held a press conference April 17 at the Federal Building here to protest the action of the Immigration and Naturalization Service(INS) in harassing and arresting immigrant...
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Earth Day signals battles to come in 2002 elections
April 26, 2002President George Bush tried to look outdoorsy for an Earth Day photo-op in the Adirondack Mountains, but his environmental policies are being assailed by environmentalists, leading Democrats and others.
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Castro pressured to leave summit
April 26, 2002The events behind Cuban President Fidel Castro’s abrupt departure from the U.N. Conference on International Financing for Development at Monterrey, Mexico, last month were dramatically revealed by Castro himself this week, after a narrow 23-21 vote,...
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