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Gulf Coast update
December 9, 2005Katrina survivors charge racism Four African American New Orleans residents told a House committee Dec. 6 that they felt a sense of abandonment from all levels of government when Hurricane Katrina hit. The survivors said that...
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NYU teaching assistants struggle for union
December 9, 2005NEW YORK — A coalition of labor, political leaders and community organizations gathered Dec. 5 in front of New York University’s Bobst Library, where the school’s administration is located, in support of the approximately 1,000 graduate...
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National Clips
December 9, 2005MONTGOMERY, Ala.: Thousands march to honor Rosa Parks Dec. 1 was the 50th anniversary of a simple act by a garment worker, Rosa Parks, who sat down in the front of a Montgomery bus so millions...
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Bush victory ploy flops
December 9, 2005The aggressive White House campaign to re-sell the Iraq war to the American public appears to be dead on arrival. As President Bush delivered his Nov. 30 “strategy for victory in Iraq” speech, a Time poll...
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Secret memo exposes DeLays racist power grab
December 9, 2005Grassroots leaders in Texas reacted angrily to new evidence that Tom DeLay’s redistricting plan rammed through the Texas Legislature violated the Voting Rights Act in carving up the state to insure five additional Republicans in the...
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