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  • White House blasted for war on voting rights

    White House blasted for war on voting rights

    December 5, 2003

    WASHINGTON – The Bush administration is waging war on democracy. That was the message from speakers at a Nov. 22-23 conference on voting rights here. To protect ballot rights and other democratic freedoms, many participants said,...

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  • Help fuel reportage from the streets

    Help fuel reportage from the streets

    December 5, 2003

    We are entering the final weeks of our Fund Drive, even as we deepen our links with the mounting struggles of working people from coast to coast.

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  • Cities and states face brutal cutbacks

    Cities and states face brutal cutbacks

    December 5, 2003

    BALTIMORE – In what could be called a “Thanksgiving massacre,” public school officials here handed out pink slips to 710 Baltimore City Public School (BCPS) employees. At least 1,000 are expected to have lost their jobs...

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  • Machine guns on Arizona choppers?

    Machine guns on Arizona choppers?

    November 27, 2003

    TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona Republican Rep. John Shadegg wants the U.S. Customs Department’s Black Hawk helicopters to be armed with .50-caliber machine guns. Shadegg says this would allow a gunner on board to fire into the...

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  • Sacramento says no to Patriot Act

    Sacramento says no to Patriot Act

    November 27, 2003

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In a jam-packed room filled with hundreds of community members, the Sacramento City Council voted 8-1 on Nov. 13 to support a resolution opposing the Patriot Act’s unconstitutional provisions. Sacramento thereby became the...

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