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NAACP announces action against racial disparity

May 31, 2002 By John Pappademos And Evelina Alarcon

ATLANTA – The NAACP announced May 16 a major directive against states where racial disparity still exists in public school systems.

Refuseniks speak to full house

May 31, 2002

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Every pew in Westminster Presbyterian Church was full when two Israeli reserve soldiers, who have proclaimed their refusal to serve in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, spoke here May 22. Earlier in...

Janitors rally at Laclede Gas

May 31, 2002

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 50 rallied outside of the Laclede Gas Building here on May 25. The janitors who clean the Laclede Gas Building are employed by Mitch...

Tortilla tossing protested at graduation

May 31, 2002 By Susan Webb

Schoolteacher Ray Siquieros and a group of his pupils protested “disrespectful” tortilla tossing by graduates at the University of Arizona (UA) commencement ceremony in Tucson May 11.

Milwaukee kicks off campaign to free Cuban Five

May 31, 2002 By Babette Grunow And Gary Grass

MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Committee to Free the Cuban Five kicked off its efforts with a gathering here May 19 of about 30 activists and a discussion with special guest Esperanza Luzbert, head of the United...