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Puerto Ricans chart progressive agenda

May 28, 2004

BRONX, N.Y. – More than 250 Puerto Rican activists and leaders met here “to discuss the state of our communities” and to begin the development of a “progressive political agenda” for Puerto Ricans in 2004. The...

National Clips

May 21, 2004

PARKERSBURG, W.Va.: Hundreds protest Bush visit The largest and loudest contingent lining the street in front of Parkersburg South High School, May 13, was made up of workers led by state AFL-CIO President Jim Bowen. “No...

MoveOn.org hits the streets

May 21, 2004

Tens of thousands of Americans joined the voter rolls May 8 as Internet activists moved off their computers and onto the streets. MoveOn.org joined with a coalition of grassroots groups to mobilize 7,500 people to knock...

Historic day arrives for same-sex couples

May 21, 2004

BOSTON – Wiping away tears of joy, Carolyn and Joy Beaulieu stood on the lawn in front of Cambridge’s City Hall while a justice of the peace pronounced them spouses for life, May 17. The Beaulieus...

Bushs hidden attack on public education

May 14, 2004

PHILADELPHIA – This year marks the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education – a historic civil rights legal case that declared Jim Crow segregated schools for African American children were a violation of the...