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Oregonians demand fairness for immigrants
November 20, 2007SALEM, Ore. -- A large gathering of people of faith, labor activists and workers and local civil rights activists gathered last week at St. Vincent De Paul Church here to commit to building a regional immigrant...
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Who is a patriot?
November 16, 2007I attended the United for Peace and Justice demonstration in New Orleans on Oct. 27, which called for an end to the Iraq war, opposed military aggression against Iran and supported the long overdue rebuilding of...
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EDITORIAL: Pilgrims without papers
November 16, 2007Three hundred and eighty-six years ago a group of undocumented immigrants and native-born Americans feasted together for three days to celebrate a successful harvest made possible by mutual cooperation. Yes, those Pilgrims showed up in Massachusetts...
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EDITORIAL: Costs of racism
November 16, 2007An important part of what is often called “the American dream” is the ability of successive generations to climb the economic ladder. With workers’ productivity rising decade by decade, that should be the reality for working-class...
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House votes to ban anti-gay bias at work
November 16, 2007On Nov. 7, the House of Representatives passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), a historic civil rights measure that would bar discrimination against workers in hiring, firing, or promotion based on sexual orientation. The vote was...
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