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Marriage amendment defeated by 50-48 vote

July 16, 2004

WASHINGTON – By a stunning bipartisan vote of 50 to 48 on July 14, the Senate rejected the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA). The fact that 48 senators who backed this divisive amendment couldn’t even muster a...

Cuba caravan stops in Houston

July 16, 2004

HOUSTON – The 15th Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba stopped here on July 3 and was greeted by African drummers at the SHAPE Community Center. The caravan is a nonviolent, non-licensed protest of the travel restrictions against...

Race is on to oust Bush, say 8,000 NAACP delegates

July 16, 2004 By Rosita Johnson And Debbie A. Bell

PHILADELPHIA – “The race is on, and the consequences of loss” in the 2004 elections “are almost too dire to bear,” Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP, told the organization’s 95th annual convention held here July...

Unions UNITE HERE for greater power

July 16, 2004

CHICAGO – Two of the nation’s most active unions formalized their merger here July 8-10. The action put into life the kind of new tactics that their leaders say are needed to reverse the decline of...

New York City mayor tries to stifle dissent

July 15, 2004

NEW YORK – In what has become a confrontation here between civil liberties advocates and this city’s Republican mayor, United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) is locked in struggle with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the city...