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Nothing divine about bombs, Western Shoshone charge
June 9, 2006A huge conventional bomb test — ironically named “Divine Strake” — has been postponed “indefinitely,” but the struggle goes on. That was the message June 3 as protesters gathered in Reno, Nev., to continue their opposition...
Read moreRally fights deportation: Keep families together
June 9, 2006CHICAGO — Over 100 community supporters, including religious leaders and elected officials, rallied here in front of the immigration court building June 1 as about two-dozen former employees of IFCO Systems, who were arrested as part...
Read moreHaditha sheds ugly light on Bush war
June 9, 2006The massacre of Iraqi civilians, including women and children, by U.S. troops in Haditha and elsewhere is having far-reaching repercussions for Iraq and the U.S.
Read more$5.15 an hour wont cut it: Campaigns to raise the minimum wage sweep the country
June 9, 2006Because Congress has refused to raise the $5.15 an hour minimum wage since 1997, coalitions of labor, religious and community groups are organizing voters to do so, one state at a time. So far 21 states...
Read moreCubans jailed in U.S. as spies are hailed at home as heroes
June 4, 2006HAVANA—European tourists here send home postcards with stamps bearing the images of five faces, known simply as los muchachos (the young men) or los cinco (the five). The faces, usually surrounded by billowing Cuban flags, stare...
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