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Chicago students decry tuition hikes
March 1, 2002CHICAGO – With the famed Chicago “hawk” whipping across campus, a coalition of university and high school students, faculty and staff protested at the University of Illinois campus here Feb. 20. The 10 percent hike would...
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Chicagoans demand housing, justice
March 1, 2002CHICAGO – A coalition of neighborhood groups, civil rights, tenant and religious organizations has developed their own State of the City analysis demanding that the city council address problems ranging from lack of affordable housing to...
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A Congressmans prayer for America
March 1, 2002The following is from a speech delivered by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) at the University of Southern California the weekend of Feb. 23. I offer these brief remarks as a prayer for our country, with love...
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WTC steel to India
March 1, 2002At least 30,000 tons of scrap from the World Trade Center wreckage has been exported to India. Concerns over the potential contamination of the steel scrap has alarmed trade union and environmental groups in India and...
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U.S. may beef up security role in Afghanistan
March 1, 2002In both word and deed, the Bush administration indicated this week that it is escalating its military role in Afghanistan amid signs that increased clashes among competing warlords and challenges by rival militias to the U.S-installed...
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