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    Editorials

    February 20, 2004

    Wisconsin surprise Wisconsin produced some surprises with Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) coming in a close second to Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), thanks to Edwards strong appeal to independents in the state’s open primary Feb. 17. Kerry...

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  • Rx gap hits Blacks, Latinos

    Rx gap hits Blacks, Latinos

    February 20, 2004 By Marie C. Reed And J. Lee Hargraves

    The Nation’s Health Workers’ Safety Working-age African Americans and Latinos are much more likely than white Americans to report they cannot afford all of their prescription drugs, according to a new study by the Center for...

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  • LABOR UPDATE

    LABOR UPDATE

    February 20, 2004

    Government adopts ‘Wal-Mart’ personnel policies Hundreds of federal workers, members of American Federation of Government Employees, took to Capitol Hill last week to protest a new personnel plan for the Department of Defense that would eliminate...

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  • Momentum builds for March 20 peace rallies

    Momentum builds for March 20 peace rallies

    February 20, 2004

    NEW YORK – Preparations are well under way for another major display of antiwar sentiment here on March 20, the one-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. “People are responding to this because...

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  • Soldiers dad: Aid needed for Baghdad hospital

    Soldiers dad: Aid needed for Baghdad hospital

    February 20, 2004

    SAN DIEGO – Fernando Suárez del Solar is a man with a mission. Meeting this determined and compassionate father at a local social justice center here (a pink house on a working-class street corner) evokes a...

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