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Budget battle continues over brutal cuts
April 4, 2003News Analysis In a statement released after the Senate approved a resolution setting the parameters for the 2004 budget, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney singled out the Senate’s 51-48 vote to cut Bush’s tax cut for the...
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ACLU fights Patriot Act
April 4, 2003PITTSBURGH – The knock on the door in the middle of the night is not a fantasy for hundreds of thousands of Muslims, people of Middle-Eastern descent and those who express opposition to the Bush war...
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From New England a big no to war!
April 4, 2003BOSTON – Led by a contingent of war veterans and military families, tens of thousands of New Englanders marched and rallied here March 20, to protest the Bush administration’s war against Iraq. The march and rally,...
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Un-embedded reporters from Baghdad: Keep up peace pressure
April 4, 2003Independent journalists in Iraq are providing coverage of the war’s human cost, challenging the Bush administration’s motives for war, and examining the Iraqi and Arab people’s response to invasion.
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Protesters to High Court: Uphold Affirmative Action
April 4, 2003WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of students, union members and civil rights activists rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court on April 1 to demand that the court uphold affirmative action to overcome racist discrimination. The crowd...
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