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Privatizing Social Security will hurt women
January 14, 2005OPINIONThese remarks were delivered at a joint press conference at the National Press Club, Dec. 16, 2004, with leaders of the AFL-CIO, NAACP and others. It’s a pleasure to be here as part of such a...
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January 14, 2005Don’t yield an inch The following is from an action letter from Working Families e-Activist Network. President George W. Bush, his Republican allies in Congress and corporate chiefs are on an ideological trophy hunt to destroy...
Read more40 years after Selma’s Bloody Sunday
January 14, 2005The struggle for voting rights continues Reps. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio), John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) defended the legacy of martyrs who died for voting rights when they blocked, for a few hours,...
Read morePanamanians rally on anniversary of U.S. invasion
January 14, 2005PANAMA CITY, Panama — Hundreds of Panamanians rallied here on Dec. 20 to observe the 15th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of their country and to express their growing concern about the Pentagon’s increased activity in...
Read moreAbbas elected head of Palestinian Authority
January 14, 2005As had been widely expected, Mahmoud Abbas won the election for the presidency of the Palestinian Authority on Jan. 9, filling the vacancy left by Yasser Arafat’s death in early November. “We offer this victory to...
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