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Homeland Securitys faith-based initiative?
January 30, 2004Is spying on clergy who support working people’s struggles a “faith-based initiative”? Homeland Security put its unique stamp on the president’s program when it sent undercover agents to spy on a gathering of clergy and religious...
Read moreBushs deepening quagmire in Iraq
January 30, 2004The Bush administration encountered several new headaches this week in its effort to justify and maintain its occupation of Iraq. First among these was the dramatic admission by chief U.S. weapons inspector David Kay that Saddam...
Read moreWhite House pushes deficit to trillions
January 30, 2004Just a week after bragging in his State of the Union speech that the economy is on the mend, George W. Bush faced angry charges that his policies have pushed working people deeper in debt to...
Read moreWhen Bush comes to shove resist!
January 30, 2004MUMBAI, India – “Imagine all the people living life in peace ...” The voices of many continents mingled in a song that has become an anthem of the worldwide peace movement, as Brazilian singer and minister...
Read moreVoters riled by war, health costs, economy
January 30, 2004MANCHESTER, N.H. – Health care, jobs and the Iraq war were the issues on voters’ minds as they turned out in record numbers for the Jan. 27 presidential primaries here. Over 214,000 voted in the Democratic...
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