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98.6 a healthy number
March 3, 2006Ninety-eight point six is a symbol of good health and that’s the percent of members of Change to Win unions in California whose locals have submitted solidarity charters and are now considered full members of the...
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St. Louis protesters challenge anti-gay conference
March 3, 2006ST. LOUIS — Over 350 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists, community allies and friends protested outside of an anti-gay conference here Feb. 25. The conference, called “Love Won Out,” was sponsored by Focus on...
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The spirit of Gandhi, the passion of Jesus
March 3, 2006“I can’t sit here and do nothing while this war keeps claiming kids and stealing souls.” This was the response I received from Fernando Suárez del Solar when I questioned his newest and boldest idea for...
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Social Security still on Bush-corporate hit list
March 3, 2006A vampire is not really dead until a wooden stake is pushed through its heart (so they say). The Vampire of the Empire arose last month and presented to Congress a federal budget proposal containing a...
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Fighting for the same rights over and over
March 3, 2006We were talking about the future of the women’s movement. It was back in the early ’70s, when the women’s movement was taking off, inspired by the civil rights movement. Except for me, everyone in the...
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