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January 9, 2004OLYMPIA, Wash.: Ballot measure opposes nuclear waste dump A petition campaign to enable voters to decide to halt the federal government from dumping nuclear waste in this state garnered 280,000 signatures of registered voters. A coalition...
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Philly schools hurt by GOP schemes
January 9, 2004News Analysis Even before George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act, Philadelphia was being set up for school privatization and similar measures now encompassed in the federal law. Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge (R) had...
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U.S. companies loot Iraq & U.S. taxpayers
January 9, 2004As Americans at home returned to post-holiday routines, the news from Iraq continued a familiar pattern – U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians killed and wounded daily. But sharing the spotlight is the looting of Iraq by...
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Black, Latino leaders hit voter remap bias
January 9, 2004AUSTIN, Texas – A three-judge panel Jan. 6 upheld a districting plan conceived by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) to add eight or more Republicans to the Texas congressional delegation. But Black and Latino leaders...
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Willie comes through for peace
January 9, 2004DALLAS – Texas peace activists are celebrating because our national hero, singer Willie Nelson, has released a new single that asks, “What Ever Happened to Peace on Earth?” Americans have noticed that the war in Iraq...
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