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Court ruling on detainees hailed
August 9, 2002Civil liberties advocates say U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler’s Aug. 2 order that the Justice Department must release the names of detainees held since Sept. 11 is a significant repudiation of the Bush administration’s secret...
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Bush threatens troops in longshore dispute
August 9, 2002LOS ANGELES – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) revealed this week that a secret Bush administration task force has threatened a military takeover of West Coast ports if the union decides to strike.
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Music review: Musicians respond to Sept. 11
August 9, 2002Steve Earle’s new album, Jerusalem, will be released on Sept. 24. He returns to his typically sharp and insightful political response to the world as he sees it. Earle said, in a recent interview, that President...
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Walking with a Prisoner of Conscience
August 8, 2002Prisoner of Conscience, a Memoir, by Kenneth Kennon, 88105-020, Former Prisoner of Conscience (POC) Kenneth Kennon ranks high among the minority of those who walk their talk. This devoted family man and friend, minister and counselor,...
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Economic recovery? Not for African Americans
August 8, 2002Although the official unemployment rate for July stood at 5.9 percent, it was 9.9 percent if “hidden” unemployment – those who would work if they could find jobs – were taken into account, and that’s bad.
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