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A mothers letter from Colombian jail: Free political prisoners
May 14, 2009Liliany Obando is a mother and like Mother’s Day founder Julia Ward Howe is a peace advocate. Peace in Colombia means dealing with violence wrought by big landowners, narco traffickers, federal troops and privatized paramilitaries. She’s...
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Gateway Studios tenants struggle
May 14, 2009Champaign, Ill. — Just South of the I-74 interchange onto Neil Street in Champaign, Illinois stands the Gateway Studios apartments. Gateway Studios, once a home to over 100 working class residents, was condemned by the City...
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Protests force end to border checkpoints
May 14, 2009FORKS, WA—In the face of rising public anger, the U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have ended their practice of stopping traffic at checkpoints on U.S. Highway 101 arresting undocumented immigrants, many deported...
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Stress, inadequate mental health care cause of US troop deaths
May 14, 2009The anti-war movement is speaking out against the death of five American GIs in Iraq allegedly shot by U.S. Army Sgt. John M. Russell May 12 at a clinic for troubled soldiers at Camp Liberty west...
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Top three really bring it on American Idol
May 14, 2009Last night on “American Idol” Kris Allen, Adam Lambert and Danny Gokey, the final three Season Eight contestants really stepped up their game, making it one of the toughest nights for voters nationwide to decide who...
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