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DREAM Act seeks education equity
May 9, 2003Imagine this. A mother, trying to escape the poverty of her country, comes to the United States with her three-year-old son. He grows up here. Goes to school and does well. In high school he’s in...
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Protests block doomsday budget
May 9, 2003NEW YORK — It looks like this city and state will be spared the worst of the “doomsday” budget crisis, thanks to the continued fightback of unions and community organizations, but the struggle goes on. “Now’s...
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Labor and the 2004 elections The view from Iowa and South Carolina
May 9, 2003Mark Smith, president of the Iowa AFL-CIO, said his federation is not “doing much” when it comes to the 2004 election. “That comes after the AFL-CIO makes its endorsement. But some of our affiliates are busy,”...
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ILWU convention calls for peace, not war
May 9, 2003SAN FRANCISCO — The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) called on the Bush administration and Congress to adopt policies of peace, as delegates to the 32nd International Convention overwhelmingly passed resolutions against the war in...
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Support the World/Mundo
May 9, 2003During these difficult times of war, rising poverty and inequality, and attacks on basic hard-won democratic rights, the independent press – a press independent of the monopoly corporate and far right wing control – is a...
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