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  • Anger grows at deaths of 19 immigrants

    Anger grows at deaths of 19 immigrants

    May 29, 2003

    A Mexican Air Force C-180 cargo plane flew the bodies of 19 immigrant workers back to Mexico last week for burial in many grief-stricken cities and towns. But grief is turning to anger as families of...

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  • FCC rule changes threaten freedom of press

    FCC rule changes threaten freedom of press

    May 29, 2003

    The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) will vote June 2 on rules governing media ownership, allowing further consolidation and control by the nation’s largest media corporations. Advocacy groups such as the Center for Digital Democracy and nearly...

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  • CPUSA hosts health care meet

    CPUSA hosts health care meet

    May 29, 2003

    NEW YORK – “Health care is a life or death question,” said Scott Marshall, Communist Party USA (CPUSA) Labor Secretary, at a recent national meeting here. “Sixty million people are without health care each year, and...

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  • Taxes: No pretty sunsets here

    Taxes: No pretty sunsets here

    May 29, 2003

    On May 23 Congress passed a $320 billion tax cut. Or was it $350 billion? Or $550 billion? But what ever its size, one thing is certain: it was another bonanza for the richest of the...

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  • Outsourcing slashes pay of auto parts workers

    Outsourcing slashes pay of auto parts workers

    May 29, 2003

    DETROIT – Last week Chrysler Group announced the sale of its 60 percent stake in its New Castle, Ind., parts plant to Metaldyne Corporation. Along with the sale, it was announced that plant workers will be...

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