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  • Workers confront Sunoco over proposed pay cuts

    Workers confront Sunoco over proposed pay cuts

    May 26, 2006

    SUGAR LAND, Texas — On May 19 a spirited group of labor activists converged on the offices of Sunoco Logistics here to support its truck drivers, members of the United Steelworkers Local 13-1267, who are fighting...

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  • More miners killed

    More miners killed

    May 26, 2006

    “I think it’s a crisis right now,” said Tony Oppegard, former top lawyer for Kentucky’s Mine Safety and Licensing Office. “When we have 31 coal miners killed in less than five months, that’s a crisis and...

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  • Students challenge unequal education: Tests that deny diplomas are in dispute

    Students challenge unequal education: Tests that deny diplomas are in dispute

    May 26, 2006

    OAKLAND, Calif. — As seniors across the state try on their caps and gowns, California is embroiled in controversy over its high school exit exams in English and math, slated to be required for a high...

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  • Gran oposicin a discurso Bush sobre inmigracin

    Gran oposicin a discurso Bush sobre inmigracin

    May 19, 2006

    Mientras el debate sobre la reforma migratoria se reanuda en el Senado el 15 de mayo, el presidente Bush pronuncia un discurso televisado a nivel nacional, tratando de motivar a su base conservadora atemorizándolos con cuentos...

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  • LETTERS

    LETTERS

    May 19, 2006

    Color of anger is … blue? Now we all know the true color of anger is red. But it may just be blue now. In a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll concerning President Bush’s job performance,...

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