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  • Santorum vulnerable in hot Senate race

    Santorum vulnerable in hot Senate race

    September 1, 2006

    PITTSBURGH — There’s already been a reported shoving match, negative TV ads, federal money flowing in, and it is only the “dog days” of August. What’s up? Pennsylvania’s hot Senate campaign. Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is...

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  • Chicago mother fights deportation

    Chicago mother fights deportation

    September 1, 2006 By Pepe Lozano

    CHICAGO — Elvira Arellano, 31, an immigrant rights activist and mother of a 7-year-old child, has taken sanctuary in a church here, defying efforts by the U.S. government to deport her to Mexico. She told reporters,...

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  • Labors election plan: Turn up the turnout!

    Labors election plan: Turn up the turnout!

    September 1, 2006

    “George Bush isn’t on the ballot this November, but his agenda is and the representatives in Congress who have rubber-stamped his priorities are,” AFL-CIO President John Sweeney told reporters at a national press conference Aug. 30....

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  • Katrina profiteering, war on workers

    Katrina profiteering, war on workers

    September 1, 2006

    Bechtel, Halliburton drive up costs while local contractors, workers are shut out One year after Hurricane Katrina, one thing is clear: the term “masters of deceit” could be accurately applied to the Bush administration for its...

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  • Major voting rights victory in Alabama

    Major voting rights victory in Alabama

    August 25, 2006

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — On Aug. 23, in a major voting rights victory, an Alabama judge ruled that state and local election officials have improperly disfranchised eligible voters in violation of the state Constitution. The court in...

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