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Peace T-shirt sparks civil liberties battle

March 14, 2003 By Susan Webb

When the Crossgates Mall tangled with freedom of speech, it got more than it bargained for. The mall ordered Stephen Downs, 60, a local lawyer, to take off a T-shirt bearing the slogans “Peace on Earth,”...

A turning point in human history

March 14, 2003

Commentary We are at a rare moment in human history. Politics has become the overriding passion of hundreds of millions and the halls of political power have been transformed into sites where vast political and social...

World says No to war

March 14, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

Growing opposition to a U.S. war against Iraq was clearly in evidence on March 10 when MoveOn.org, Win Without War, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and Artists United to Win Without War delivered petitions bearing...

Labor leader wins Los Angeles Council seat

March 13, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

LOS ANGELES – Former Speaker of the State Assembly Antonio Villaraigosa made history on March 4 when he won an East Los Angeles seat in the 14th council district of the nation’s second largest city.

Latino communities say no to war

March 13, 2003 By Brandi Lea Kishner

CHICAGO – Virtually every leader and spokesperson of the Mexican, Mexican American and Puerto Rican communities here have spoken out against the Bush administration’s war on Iraq. Congressman Luis Gutierrez voted against the war resolution in...