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October 22, 2004What’s wrong with being a lesbian? Enough. The Bush-Cheney campaign has succeeded — yet again — in using a gay matter to distract voters from the real issues facing our nation. Simply put, there is nothing...
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Editorials
October 22, 2004Soldiers say no to ‘suicide’ Knowing they faced possible court martial, it was an act of great courage for 18 Army Reservists in Iraq to refuse to obey an order that they viewed as “suicidal.” The...
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China moves to reduce rural poverty
October 22, 2004At the first-ever China Poverty Eradication Award ceremony on Oct. 17 — the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — China announced with great pride that the poor population in the country’s rural areas had...
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Soldiers refuse suicide mission in Iraq
October 22, 2004Nineteen members of the 343rd Quartermaster Company were arrested last week for refusing a direct order to go on what they characterized as a “suicide mission” or “death sentence” in Iraq. The soldiers are members of...
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Arizona: students protest campus racism
October 22, 2004PHOENIX — Students at Glendale Community College (GCC) marched against continuing racism in the Maricopa County community college system Oct. 12. The demonstration, which attracted about 150 people, was in reaction to the GCC administration ignoring...
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