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Bush justice served
November 27, 2008DALLAS — On Nov. 24, Bush administration attorneys got what they wanted from a jury here. The second extended version of the Holy Land Foundation Trial ended with a guilty verdict against five former leaders of...
Read morePoll upholds mandate for jobs, change
November 26, 2008WASHINGTON—Pollster Stanley Greenberg confirmed Barack Obama’s sweeping election mandate to create jobs in a Democracy Corps poll that he released Nov. 18 at a conference at the Library of Congress sponsored by the Campaign for America’s...
Read moreWe can stop the hate, leaders say
November 26, 2008National civil rights groups held a press conference Nov. 24 condemning the rise of hate crimes against immigrants and communities of color during and since the presidential election. Marcelo Lucero, originally from Ecuador was living in...
Read moreObama projects massive recovery plan
November 26, 2008Although nearly two months remain until President-elect Barack Obama takes office, he has moved onto center stage on the deepening economic crisis, declaring he will launch a massive jobs program to jumpstart the economy where it...
Read moreLet the nation own Big 3
November 25, 2008When H. Gaylord Wilshire sought the Southern California congressional seat in 1890, he ran on a very simple platform: 'Let the Nation own the trust.' The part time farmer and full time reformer was responding to...
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