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Editorials
May 10, 2002Free the 9/11 detainees Nine months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, hundreds of detainees, mostly Arab or Muslim men, are still imprisoned by federal authorities despite no evidence of their connection with terrorism. The issue...
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Rally protests racial profiling
May 10, 2002MADISON, Wisc. – Students and community members staged a rally and march here April 27 against racial profiling. Kim Lampereur, a Young Communist League member and one of the organizers of the demonstration, hailed the event...
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Special prosecutor to investigate police
May 10, 2002CHICAGO – After decades of protests, Judge Paul Biebel, chief of the Cook County Criminal Courts, has ordered a full investigation of the use of torture by key members of the Chicago Police Department. Biebel announced...
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The April unemployment report: No spring flowers here
May 10, 2002Two sets of recently released government data present a contradictory picture of the state of the nation’s economy. On the one hand, the Commerce Department reports that the economy expanded at an annual rate of 5.8...
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Illinois students fired up over funding cuts
May 10, 2002CHICAGO – At a spirited rally here May 2, several hundred mostly college students, gathered at the State of Illinois building to protest cuts in education funding proposed by the Illinois state legislature. The legislature wants...
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