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Bias alleged in new security checks
January 16, 2004The Department of Homeland Security’s latest addition to airport security checks has been greeted by a chorus of disapproval, both from domestic groups and internationally. All 115 U.S. airports that handle international flights, as well as...
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January 16, 2004SACRAMENTO, Calif.: ‘Terminating’ working families California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a super action hero – to the rich corporations. The governor’s budget ax slashes $1.7 billion from state public health programs and welfare and $1.3 billion...
Read moreTexan switches parties
January 16, 2004Congressman Ralph Hall of Rockwall, Texas, handed the congressional rightwing an easy victory on New Year’s Day when he revealed that he was switching from the Democratic to the Republican Party. The Texas congressional delegation is...
Read moreMissouri Unions, students confront Bush
January 16, 2004ST. LOUIS – Seven hundred union members, community leaders and student activists rallied outside of the America’s Center, Jan. 5, against President Bush’s overtime proposals as the president raised $2.8 million from wealthy Republican contributors –...
Read moreApollo Project would create 3.3 million jobs
January 16, 2004WASHINGTON – Environmental, labor, and civil rights organizations convened a National Press Club news conference Jan. 14 to denounce Bush-Cheney energy policies – blocked by a Senate filibuster last month – as a giveaway to oil...
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