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Jury rules against FBI, Oakland Police
June 21, 2002OAKLAND – It took 11 years and a five-week trial, but a jury of eight women and two men meeting in the Federal Court House here, unanimously decided that the FBI and the Oakland Police Department...
Read moreRidge speaks to Mayors’ Conference
June 21, 2002MADISON – At the annual summit of the U.S. Conference of Mayors here June 17, homeland security czar Tom Ridge’s appearance was highlighted in materials both promoting and disparaging the summit.
Read moreUPS Teamsters mood is strong
June 21, 2002OAKLAND, Calif. – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is mobilizing members and community allies in a campaign to gain a decent contract at United Parcel Service (UPS). The union is striving to stem the loss...
Read morePadilla case raises constitutional concerns, lawyers say
June 21, 2002Questions are growing over the government’s detention of Jose Padilla without criminal charges. In a closed meeting with the Senate Judiciary Committee June 13, Justice Department officials said they will hold Padilla in custody indefinitely until...
Read moreNOW pickets Bush workfare scam
June 21, 2002WASHINGTON – Women with a banner that read “Every mother is a working mother” picketed on Capitol Hill June 17 to demand that the Senate reject George W. Bush’s punitive 40-hour “workfare” scheme and instead enact...
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