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  • Texas labor endorses minority candidates

    Texas labor endorses minority candidates

    February 1, 2002

    AUSTIN – The Texas AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE) endorsed two minority and pro-affirmative action candidates for governor and Senate at its Jan. 15 convention here. For many delegates, the defining issues were previous political...

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  • Dangerous world demands racial unity

    Dangerous world demands racial unity

    February 1, 2002

    The offensive of the Bush administration has a broad sweep to it. Tens of millions – nearly every section of the people – are negatively affected in one way or another. This undeniable fact provides the...

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  • Fla. leaders blast Enron ties

    Fla. leaders blast Enron ties

    February 1, 2002

    As news surfaced that 31 state and local pension funds lost a combined $1.5 billion in the collapse of Enron, Florida leaders angrily denounced the Bush administration for refusing to turn over documents about ties to...

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  • Remembering Carter G. Woodson

    Remembering Carter G. Woodson

    February 1, 2002 By Libero Della Piana

    Carter G. Woodson established Negro History Week in 1926 and chose to celebrate it the second week of February because it marks the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, two men who left an indelible...

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  • Peace march called for April 20

    Peace march called for April 20

    February 1, 2002

    The National Youth and Student Peace Coalition (NYSPC) has made a call for a massive march and demonstration in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, April 20. The call declares that “it’s time for all those who believe...

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