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NATIONAL CLIPS
August 4, 2006WASHINGTON: Antiwar fast nears second month Before British Prime Minister could share tea with President Bush, July 25, he had to run a gauntlet of peace activists who blocked a White House entrance. Under the banner...
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LETTERS
July 28, 2006Don’t leave, Citgo When Citgo headquarters in Houston, Texas, announced that they would not be delivering gasoline in many parts of the United States, two kinds of North Texans were dismayed. One group consisted of progressive...
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EDITORIAL: Cuba stands tall
July 28, 2006On July 26, 1953, small bands of militants attacked two Cuban Army installations in eastern Cuba. Most of the young revolutionaries were tortured and killed. The survivors went on to oust the U.S.-backed Batista dictatorship. July...
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EDITORIAL: A civil rights milestone
July 28, 2006It has been 14 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) went into effect. When the ADA was passed by Congress and signed into law in 1990, it was hailed as a major victory that...
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North Carolina pork packers undeterred
July 28, 2006On the same day that hundreds of Smithfield workers in the company’s Tar Heel, N.C., plant boldly wore union T-shirts to work in a show of solidarity, 75 community supporters turned out in support at a...
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