News
Go where the money is: tax the rich
April 6, 2007It is no surprise to working families that the rich are getting richer and richer while the rest of us are using our credit card to buy groceries. The numbers, though, are a little stunning. The...
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Mexico City poised to legalize abortion
April 6, 2007MEXICO CITY — A legislative proposal to legalize abortion in Mexico’s Federal District (D.F.), the area that encompasses Mexico City, is encountering strong resistance from right-wing forces here. But its passage seems likely. Abortion is generally...
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Judge resigns from Trinidad case
April 6, 2007Colombian left-wing leader Ricardo Palmera, also known as Simon Trinidad, was about to go on trial in Washington, D.C., for supporting terrorism and conspiring to take hostages, when on March 26 Judge Thomas Hogan unexpectedly removed...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
April 6, 2007SAN ANTONIO: 20,000 honor César Chávez Electrical workers, post office employees, firefighters and bus drivers locked arms with the League of United Latin American Citizens, immigrant rights activists and civil rights activists in a sea of...
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Thirsty Smithfield workers win water, at last
April 6, 2007The determination of a united workforce, backing from a union trying to help them organize and support from a national campaign have combined to result in a victory for workers in the livestock department at Smithfield...
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