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Coalition opposes Border Patrol raid
March 12, 2004PORTLAND, Maine – Reyna A. Marroquin Solorzano, 22, was working in a laundry here to support her parents and seven siblings in Guatemala. She was injured in a fall while trying to escape a fire in...
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Grocery union leader assesses strike
March 12, 2004BAL HARBOR, Fla. – As a result of the hard-fought Southern California grocery strike, the union now has tens of thousands of political activists, said Joe Hansen, the newly-elected international president of the United Food and...
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National Clips
March 12, 2004ATLANTA: Marchers say ‘Set Marcus free’ Busloads of students from Savannah, Augusta, Columbus and Valdosta joined marchers from Atlanta University and linked arms with 200 residents from Marcus Dixon’s hometown of Rome, Ga., to demand that...
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Gay marriage debate rages in states
March 12, 2004While same-sex couples line up at city halls across the country in hopes of being married, sometimes defending their right to do so by demonstrating in the streets, the debate over gay marriage rages on in...
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AFL-CIO president: Bush AWOL on jobs crisis
March 12, 2004BAL HARBOR, Fla. – “The jobs crisis has become a national disaster,” said AFL-CIO President John Sweeney. And during this crisis, “George Bush has been AWOL,” he added. Sweeney spoke at the federation’s annual winter conference...
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