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400,000 demand probe of Bush lies

July 25, 2003

While White House officials assert that President George W. Bush “is not a fact checker,” hundreds of thousands of Americans are demanding that the facts be checked on why the Bush administration went to war in...

GOP slammed for police state tactics

July 25, 2003

WASHINGTON – An angry melee July 17 in which Ways and Means Chair Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) called out the Capitol police to evict Democratic House members from a congressional meeting room is part of a ruthless...

Chicago mulls resolution against Patriot Act

July 18, 2003

CHICAGO – On July 9 a multiracial coalition of aldermen submitted a strongly worded resolution to the Chicago City Council calling for repeal of the USA Patriot Act. The act was approved by Congress with no...

Lawmakers tell Cintas: Respect workers

July 18, 2003

WASHINGTON – Cintas workers held up a banner that read, “Uniform Justice,” at a July 9 Capitol Hill news conference as lawmakers flayed the $2 billion uniform laundry firm for harassment of their workers to keep...

Letters

July 18, 2003

No U.S. intervention in Iran On July 9 some Iranians who oppose the Islamic regime in Iran demonstrated in Iran, America, and around the world. In their actions, they are paving the way for the possible...