News
Remarks for the TWU Local 100 Rally, New York City
April 27, 2006This is an historic moment and the MTA should take note of our solidarity. We are all here — Denis Hughes, Randi Weingarten, Pat Lynch, Jim Little, my brothers Mike Fishman, Denis Rivera and Bruce Raynor,...
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Chicago passes law protecting immigrants
April 21, 2006The Chicago City Council passed an ordinance March 29 that forbids police and other city employees from participating in the witch-hunt against undocumented immigrants that has been whipped up by the Republican far right. Under the...
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African Americans have a stake in immigrant rights
April 21, 2006To see thousands of immigrants and their supporters marching, rallying and standing up for their rights is inspiring. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) was correct when she called immigration the civil rights issue of our time....
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LETTERS
April 21, 2006In support of Title IX I just got through watching my niece’s high school basketball team play a tournament. It’s so inspiring to see these girl athletes — confident, smart, working together and strong. It makes...
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Inuit leader sounds alarm on global warming
April 21, 2006‘We’re the early warning system for the rest of the world,’ says Arctic resident When she was growing up in an Inuit community in northern Quebec, Sheila Watt-Cloutier never rode anything faster than a dog sled....
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