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U.S. policies in Latin America protested

April 11, 2003

Thousands of activists are expected to converge on Washington, D.C., April 10-15 for the “Mobilization against military and economic intervention in Latin America and across the globe.”

Child advocates to Bush: Stop war on kids

April 11, 2003

WASHINGTON – More than 2,500 Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) delegates gathered here April 8-11 to fight Bush administration cutbacks in food stamps, Medicaid, and education and to demand that Congress enact the Dodd-Miller “Leave No Child...

Death and destruction haunt Iraqi landscape

April 11, 2003 By Susan Webb

As the U.S.-led assault stormed through Iraq this week, it left a trail of death, destruction and chaos – wrecked cities, villages and farms; water systems destroyed; families decimated. It also left a trail of bitterness...

Get insurance biz out of health care

April 10, 2003 By Carolyn Taylor

In February Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) introduced HR-676, the United States National Health Insurance Act (NHIA), which would establish a national single-payer health care system. Conyers said his bill will free our nation “from having to...

Cuts hit Michigan kids

April 10, 2003

Michigan’s poor are having an increasingly hard time making ends meet according to a recently completed study and numerous social service organizations throughout the state. According to the 2003 Market Basket Survey (which measures the buying...