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  • Janitors, students force U of Miami to talk

    Janitors, students force U of Miami to talk

    March 31, 2006

    MIAMI — The University of Miami main campus saw action March 28 that would have been unimaginable a few short weeks ago. More than 300 janitors, students, faculty and community supporters stopped traffic on South Dixie...

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  • True to its history, FBI still violating civil liberties

    True to its history, FBI still violating civil liberties

    March 31, 2006

    According to a report just released by the Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation violated procedures for wiretapping and other methods of obtaining intelligence more than 100 times in the last two years. The department’s...

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  • A referendum on the Bush agenda

    A referendum on the Bush agenda

    March 31, 2006

    On the color-coded 2004 election maps, New York was blue — not a big surprise. Yet many “red” areas dot the state’s political maps, including nine Republican congressional districts, the Statehouse (held by three-term Republican Gov....

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  • 1911 fire shows perils of no regulation

    1911 fire shows perils of no regulation

    March 31, 2006

    It has become fashionable in certain circles to say that unions and government regulations are unnecessary nuisances, sand in the gears of the economy. The invisible hand of capitalism would take care of all our problems,...

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  • LETTERS

    LETTERS

    March 31, 2006

    Fight for women’s rights After reading “S. Dakota Passes Anti-Woman Law” (PWW 3/11-17), I can relate only too well. As a single woman now living barely above the federal poverty level, thanks to a job layoff...

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