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Mining families still gripped with grief, anger
February 17, 2006Once the CNN trucks roll out, the national story dies on the vine, but for mining families and the United Mine Workers union in West Virginia, the recent coal mine disasters just won’t go away. After...
Read moreConnecticut Black history forum to honor 3 women leaders
February 17, 2006NEW HAVEN — Jarvis Tyner, executive vice chair of the Communist Party USA and a founder of the Black Radical Congress, will return to Connecticut to keynote the 32nd annual African American History Month celebration of...
Read moreGrace Bassett: foot soldier for justice
February 17, 2006Approaching 90, Grace Bassett, a lifelong activist for African American equality, is going strong. Like anyone her age, she has seen many changes, but Bassett, perhaps more than most, has taken an active part in shaping...
Read moreUpsurge defends immigrant rights. Movement focuses on Senate
February 17, 2006RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The Republican leadership of the U.S. Senate has indicated that floor debate on landmark changes in immigration policy will begin the week of March 27. But the debate will get under way weeks...
Read moreHunger strikers tortured at Guantanamo. UN report calls for closing U.S. prison
February 17, 2006WASHINGTON — Grisly details of torture of detainees at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are revealed in a new UN report, not yet released. The torture includes jamming feeding tubes up the nostrils...
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