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Letters
January 12, 2002Mayor’s race begins to boil African American civil rights leaders presented a list of demands for the mayoral candidates in the Jan. 19 election. Lee Alcorn and Rev. L. Charles Stovall gathered a group of reporters...
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Editorials
January 12, 2002Silence is deadly The Justice Department announced a new drive to round up 6,000 Middle Eastern men out of 300,000 people who have visa violations. This dragnet based on racial profiling is yet another step in...
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Poll: UT staff unhappy
January 12, 2002KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The results are in from a survey distributed at the University of Tennessee (UT) here by the United Campus Workers throughout the fall semester of 2001. The survey set out find out the...
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Republicans stop action on vital farm bill
January 12, 2002After months of hearings in farm regions across the nation, Senate Democrats brought to the floor a new farm bill for the next five years that would have protected farmers from expected low commodity prices.
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Fla. seniors fight for jobless
January 12, 2002WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.– The Florida chapter of the Alliance of Retired Americans (ARA) called on Congress and the Bush administration last month to double the weeks of jobless benefits to 52 weeks and provide health...
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