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Maxine Waters featured at Downing St. memo town hall
July 22, 2005Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), a prominent voice calling for the Bush administration to end the war in Iraq, is the featured speaker at a town hall meeting and teach-in on the third anniversary of the Downing...
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Calif. gov cuts mag ties, but concerns remain
July 22, 2005Responding to widespread criticism, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last week cut his financial ties to bodybuilding magazines that were paying him millions of dollars. But observers, including elected officials and experts on political ethics, raked him...
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Tinkering with Patriot Act simply isnt enough
July 22, 2005News Analysis Congress is taking up the renewal of various provisions of the USA Patriot Act amid persistent concerns about the law’s antidemocratic character and sweeping reach. These concerns were no doubt heightened by last week’s...
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Immigrant rights are civil rights, meeting says
July 22, 2005OAKLAND, Calif. — Calling the movement for immigration reform a “new civil rights movement of the 21st century,” Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) electrified participants in a labor and community conference here July 16 as she...
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L.A. in turmoil over police shooting of toddler
July 22, 2005NewsAnalysis LOS ANGELES — The shooting death of 19-month-old Susie Marie Lopez by Los Angeles police officers July 10 in Watts could prove to be not only a legal and public relations problem for the Los...
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