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Chicago officials urge end to raids, deportations
March 23, 2007CHICAGO — By a 45-0 vote, Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City Council approved a resolution March 13 calling on President Bush to issue a moratorium immediately on all immigration raids and deportations not related...
Read moreBehind the firings: GOP assault on one person, one vote
March 23, 2007ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Behind all the furor around U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, one of eight federal prosecutors who were fired by the Bush administration, was an effort by the Republican Party to suppress massive voter registration...
Read moreEnd this war As Iraq war enters fifth year, protests sweep the country
March 23, 2007WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands protested the Iraq war in Washington and in cities and towns across the nation the weekend of March 16-19, the fourth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Braving bitter winds,...
Read moreA new direction on ending the war
March 16, 2007March 19 will mark the 4th anniversary of the war in Iraq. This anniversary comes at a turning point for the peace movement. There is now a solid majority of the American public that wants Congress...
Read moreVermonters say: Bring troops home, impeach Bush
March 16, 2007Northern New England town meetings usually take place on the first Tuesday in March, just before mud season. Roads are on the agenda, also fire station leaky roofs, town taxes, and, in Vermont, George Bush. At...
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