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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...
Read morePhilly 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...
Read moreU.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...
Read moreBlack, 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...
Read moreBattle cry to defeat Bush greets New Year
January 9, 2004For the movements on the ground determined to defeat Bush in 2004, the New Year came roaring in like a lion. Recounting the attacks on Social Security, pensions, health care, and wages, William Burga, Ohio AFL-CIO...
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