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  • Bush raid on Social Security stirs growing alarm

    Bush raid on Social Security stirs growing alarm

    December 17, 2004

    PITTSBURGH — Alarms are going off in union halls, churches and senior citizen residences across the country as the Bush administration kicks into gear its campaign to privatize Social Security. On Dec. 15, President Bush convened...

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  • GIs in Iraq quagmire: They wont be home for the holidays

    GIs in Iraq quagmire: They wont be home for the holidays

    December 17, 2004

    Not even in their dreams will the 138,000 U.S. soldiers trapped in George W. Bush’s Iraq nightmare be home for Christmas. Instead Bush plans to increase troop levels to 150,000 by extending the soldiers’ tours. Even...

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  • CBS deems equality ad unacceptable

    CBS deems equality ad unacceptable

    December 10, 2004

    The United Church of Christ was set to launch its first-ever nationwide advertising campaign on Dec. 1. Research conducted by the UCC found that many people across the country have felt alienated by churches; this new...

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  • Arizonas anti-immigrant Prop. 200

    Arizonas anti-immigrant Prop. 200

    December 10, 2004

    Opinion Arizona’s anti-immigrant Prop. 200 remains in quagmire! Even though it passed on Nov. 2 with a 56-44 margin, no one seems to know what it will mean to Arizona. Even its sponsors can’t agree. What...

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  • Letters

    Letters

    December 10, 2004

    Religion and Marxism I agree with “Religion, faith and communism” (PWW 12/4-10) in that Marxists should work with the religious community. In fact, I often paraphrase Lenin to my religious friends: It is more important to...

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