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  • Lessons from the Lott expos

    Lessons from the Lott expos

    January 17, 2003

    The Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) scandal did more than expose the racist underbelly of the former Senate majority leader and the Republican Party. It also showed the growing importance of the struggle for equality and against...

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  • Coalition to fight judicial nominees

    Coalition to fight judicial nominees

    January 17, 2003

    A coalition of civil rights and women’s equality organizations has promised a fight to block Senate confirmation of Judge Charles W. Pickering, Sr. and Judge Priscilla R. Owen to seats on the federal appeals court. They...

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  • A new standard for U.S. foreign policy

    A new standard for U.S. foreign policy

    January 17, 2003

    News Analysis “U.S. ASSAILS NORTH KOREA,” screamed the headlines of The New York Times a week ago when the North Korean government announced its decision to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. That headline may sell...

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  • GE strike hits health care costs

    GE strike hits health care costs

    January 17, 2003

    SCHENECTADY, NY – As part of the first national strike against the General Electric Company in over 30 years, members of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) Local 301 walked out of...

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  • Illinois commutes death sentences

    Illinois commutes death sentences

    January 17, 2003

    CHICAGO – Illinois Governor George Ryan struck a blow against the death penalty worldwide when he pardoned four men on Illinois Death Row, Jan. 10, and commuted all 167 other death sentences to life imprisonment, Jan....

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