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  • Undocumented workers give more than they get

    Undocumented workers give more than they get

    October 3, 2003 By David Bacon

    The Urban Institute estimated in its May 1994 report, “Immigration and Immigrants, Setting the Record Straight,” that the undocumented population of the U.S stood between 2.5 and 3.5 million people in 1980, and rose to between...

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  • California home care workers launch Poor Peoples Campaign

    California home care workers launch Poor Peoples Campaign

    October 3, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

    LOS ANGELES – Hundreds of members of Service Employees International Union Local 434 B gathered at Griffith Park Recreation Center on Sept. 13 to launch a Poor People’s Campaign aimed at eradicating poverty in Los Angeles.

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  • Income down, poverty up

    Income down, poverty up

    October 3, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

    A report released by the Census Bureau on Sept. 26 says 34.6 million people in the United States live at or below the poverty line, an increase of 1.7 million in 2002.

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  • Why we march today

    Why we march today

    October 3, 2003

    Three of my four grandparents hailed from far-flung places: Spain, Puerto Rico, Italy. They struggled to get ahead, learned English (or didn’t), raised children. They had all kinds of jobs. One worked at a power plant...

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  • Black Caucus hears call: Defeat Bush, GOP

    Black Caucus hears call: Defeat Bush, GOP

    October 3, 2003

    WASHINGTON – Anger at the Bush administration for waging war abroad and attacking rights at home bubbled up at the Congressional Black Caucus 33rd Legislative Conference here Sept. 24-27. “Collective Leadership: Challenging A Bold New World”...

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