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July 23, 2004No guns for kids NY Assembly Bill A1530 would lower the hunting age for children from 16 to 14 years old to kill bears and deer. It must be soundly defeated. It is inappropriate for the...
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Editorials
July 23, 2004Falling wages After adjusting for inflation, workers’ real wages fell 1.1 percent in June on top of a 0.8 percent decline in April. Workers are falling further and further behind as the soaring cost of gasoline,...
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LABOR UPDATE
July 23, 2004Extremists vs. freedom to organize While labor and its congressional allies push legalization of card-check recognition of unions to represent workers, a group of radical right Republicans is pushing to outlaw card check. The Democrats, led...
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Stop thief! Demand grows to safeguard 2004 vote
July 23, 2004WASHINGTON – A request for United Nations observers to prevent the theft of the 2004 elections has sparked an outpouring of support in the face of Republican attacks. Florida Rep. Corrine Brown, one of 13 House...
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Cuba offers ray of light in cancer battle
July 23, 2004Cancer may have met its match, and the potential breakthrough may have far-reaching political ramifications, as well.
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