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NATIONAL CLIPS
October 21, 2006BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Fighting to preserve desegregated schools The Southern Christian Leadership Conference has joined with hundreds of African American parents and others in the Vestavia Hills School District, just south of here, to halt school board...
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LETTERS
October 13, 2006Not so sweet The following are excerpts of a letter sent to President Bush by New Mexico state Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino and 10 other members of the state the Health and Human Services Legislative...
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EDITORIAL: Modern day poll tax
October 13, 2006Last month, before congressional Republicans headed home to try to hold onto their seats, the GOP leadership pushed through the House the hypocritically labeled “Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006,” HR 4844. Sponsored by right-wing Illinois...
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Left-wing candidate leading in Ecuadors polls
October 13, 2006CommentaryAn Oct. 7 poll by the Cedatos/Gallup group shows Rafael Correa, a left-wing economist who opposes Washington’s “free trade” policies, is leading in the country’s presidential race with 37 percent of the electorate’s support. Correa’s closest...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
October 13, 2006BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Coach fights for equality for girls team In 2005, Ensley High School girls’ basketball coach Roderick Jackson drew national attention when he took his case charging the Birmingham School District with gender discrimination, specifically,...
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