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June 1, 2007WEST POINT, N.Y.: Hundreds protest Iraq war, Cheney Denied the right to demonstrate on the grounds of the U.S. Military Academy by a federal judge, up to 400 peace activists, including many members of Veterans for...
Read moreNew Yorkers rally for affordable housing
June 1, 2007NEW YORK — “When I left New York City in the early ’80s, I paid only $150 a month in rent,” said a Jamaican-born cabdriver who participated in last week’s demonstration here against the city’s growing...
Read moreBorder insecurity rises, as does the temperature
June 1, 2007TUCSON, Ariz. — While Congress debates “tougher security at the border,” the temperature is rising above 100 degrees in the Sonoran Desert. Already 84 bodies have been found along the Mexico-Arizona border, more than this time...
Read moreBlack unionists assail wage, wealth gaps
June 1, 2007Stressing civil rights and labor rights, delegates eye 2008 elections CHICAGO — Answering the question, “Are the civil rights and labor movements united?” with a resounding “more than ever,” the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists held...
Read morePressure still on for Iraq exit, despite funding deal
June 1, 2007WASHINGTON — Voicing anger that Congress approved an Iraq spending bill May 24 with no timeline to withdraw U.S. troops, antiwar activists vowed to press on with demands that the lawmakers “do what voters elected them...
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