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  • Laundry strike: Everybody goes out

    Laundry strike: Everybody goes out

    April 6, 2007 By Nell Geiser And Jenny Carson

    A front-page photograph in the Oct. 26, 1936, edition of the Daily News captured the defiant, young face of Jessie Taft as she stood chained to the balcony of a New York City hotel.

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  • Transport workers: Enough is enough

    Transport workers: Enough is enough

    April 6, 2007

    “Enough is enough!” is the message the Transportation Trades Department of the Machinists union wants to get across to the White House and Congress next month. A Capitol Hill rally, set for noon on May 17,...

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  • Go where the money is: tax the rich

    Go where the money is: tax the rich

    April 6, 2007

    It 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

    Mexico City poised to legalize abortion

    April 6, 2007

    MEXICO 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

    Judge resigns from Trinidad case

    April 6, 2007

    Colombian 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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