U.S.
Injury, illness prevention now city policy
July 18, 2003On June 17, 2003, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted an historic principle of public health that should be an example for every municipality and for the nation itself. The term they used is “precautionary...
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Dont privatize care for the disabled
July 18, 2003News Analysis HARTFORD, Conn. – The outside thermometer said 90, but the temperature was more than sizzling last Thursday when the State Department of Mental Retardation (DMR) refused to allow 20 family members of group home...
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National Clips
July 18, 2003COLORADO SPRINGS, Col.: Air Force covering up rape charges? Since the winter over 60 women cadets the Air Force Academy have charged their co-cadets with rape, but remedies proposed by the Air Force will only worsen...
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NOW launches drive to equality
July 18, 2003CRYSTAL CITY, Va. – The 1,000 delegates to a conference of the National Organization for Women here chanted “Carol, Carol” when Democratic presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun arrived July 11. Braun was one of four Democratic...
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La Raza demands action on Latino issues
July 18, 2003AUSTIN, Texas – Thousands of people streamed into the Austin Convention Center July 12-15 for the National Council of La Raza Annual Conference and Latino Expo fair. A general theme running throughout the conference was, as...
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