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  • ACLU: Patriot Act must go

    ACLU: Patriot Act must go

    August 8, 2003

    DETROIT, Mich. – “We know from our clients that the FBI is once again targeting ethnic, religious, and political minority communities disproportionately,” says Ann Beeson, associate legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union and member...

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  • Big stakes in Calif. recall

    Big stakes in Calif. recall

    August 8, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

    LOS ANGELES – The effort to recall California Gov. Gray Davis involves more than the fate of a Democratic governor. At stake is the future political direction not only of California but our nation.

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  • Protest message to White House: More jobs, less bull

    Protest message to White House: More jobs, less bull

    August 8, 2003

    CHICAGO – As George W. Bush settles into his Crawford ranch for his carefree, month-long vacation, working families are saddled with worries about jobs, health care and the state of the economy. Over three million jobs...

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  • Reality of War 101

    Reality of War 101

    August 7, 2003

    Book ReviewWar Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges, Public Affairs Press, 210 pp., $23, What Every Person Should Know About War, by Chris Hedges, Free Press, 175 pp., $11 Ever wonder what...

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  • Dixie Chicks: Great music and integrity

    Dixie Chicks: Great music and integrity

    August 7, 2003

    I had always loved the bluegrass/roots based music of the Dixie Chicks, but after the recent corporate-organized attempt to boycott them, I felt it was almost a duty to get tickets and see their show. They...

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