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9/11 families reject Bush war plea
September 15, 2006WASHINGTON — Family members who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack rejected President George W. Bush’s attempt to use the fifth anniversary of the tragedy to rally support for his Iraq war....
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Black Caucus: End war, rebuild New Orleans, vote Nov. 7
September 15, 2006WASHINGTON — Whether the topic was violence in Baghdad or the lack of funds to rebuild New Orleans, the theme at the Congressional Black Caucus 36th Legislative Conference Sept. 6-9 was “changing course,” as the title...
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Latino leaders push voter turnout
September 15, 2006LOS ANGELES — Dubbed as the first comprehensive gathering of Latino leaders since the civil rights movement of the 1960s and ’70s, over 3,000 participants assembled here Sept. 6-10 at the National Latino Congreso. Antonio González,...
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Janitors speak out for better wages
September 13, 2006PHILADELPHIA - A spirited and militant group of Service Employee Union 32BJ members, their friends and supporters marched here to defend area standards for office cleaners on Aug. 31. Their message was to Arthur Johnson, who...
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Terrorism in the belly of the beast
September 9, 2006Father Geoff Bottoms, president of the London-based UK Free the Five Committee, visited two of the Cuban Five political prisoners in the U.S. recently. We publish his report as part of an “International Month of Action”...
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