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Race to fill congressional seat draws wide attention
February 6, 2009CHICAGO — The special election to fill the congressional seat vacated by new White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel has generated widespread interest here. Nowhere was that more evident when over 550 people jammed into...
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Obama admin. comes out swinging on stimulus plan
February 6, 2009GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Countering Republican criticisms of its economic recovery package, the Obama administration asserted this week that its $800 billion plan meets high standards of economic necessity, transparency and cost-effectiveness. In a teleconference with...
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LETTERS February 14, 2009
February 6, 2009Print edition needed I must respectfully disagree with the letter of Michael Dollard (PWW 2/7-13) calling for the People’s Weekly World to abandon a print edition in favor of an expanded online edition. The PWW is...
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Two Black workers who made history
February 6, 2009BALTIMORE — Helen Evans was turning the pages of an album of photos of her father, Joseph P. Henderson, when her eye fell on a picture of him as a Laborers union organizer in Washington, D.C.,...
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New actions urged in Oscar Grant murder
February 6, 2009OAKLAND, Calif. — Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff is being pressed to take new actions, after additional video footage was made public late last month, showing what happened in the moments before Oscar Grant III,...
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