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Spike Lees When the Levees Broke
September 1, 2006NEW YORK (AP) — One of the most poignant interviews in Spike Lee’s Hurricane Katrina documentary “When the Levees Broke” is given by a man who lost his mother in the aftermath of the storm, the...
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Quinceaera accents humanity in L.A. barrio
September 1, 2006MovieREVIEWQuinceañera Directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland R, 90 min., 2006 In a scene halfway into “Quinceañera,” a film directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, Carlos (Jesse Garcia), an 18-or-so-year-old Mexican American troubled youth,...
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New York band plays freedom songs
September 1, 2006NEW YORK — It’s not too often that a band like Seanchai and the Unity Squad comes along. The group combines a diverse mix of punk, rock, reggae, hip-hop and Irish influences with overtly political, in-your-face...
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A reality-based strategy for immigrant rights
September 1, 2006The immigrant rights movement is stronger than ever. The huge mass mobilizations to stop the harshly anti-immigrant HR 4437 won new allies for the immigrants and changed public perceptions in their favor. Though the Senate immigration...
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Workers Correspondence
September 1, 2006Texas trucker looks at terrorist scare The Patriot Act. Let me make sure I have this right, that’s the plan passed by our loving, caring, government to protect us from the evil in the world. Well,...
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