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  • Fighting a home foreclosure on the Iron Range

    Fighting a home foreclosure on the Iron Range

    May 29, 2003

    When Janet Johnson went to help her mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, make arrangements for her care, she never suspected that it would lead down a road of home foreclosure and even more heartache. Yet,...

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  • Anger grows at deaths of 19 immigrants

    Anger grows at deaths of 19 immigrants

    May 29, 2003

    A Mexican Air Force C-180 cargo plane flew the bodies of 19 immigrant workers back to Mexico last week for burial in many grief-stricken cities and towns. But grief is turning to anger as families of...

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  • FCC rule changes threaten freedom of press

    FCC rule changes threaten freedom of press

    May 29, 2003

    The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) will vote June 2 on rules governing media ownership, allowing further consolidation and control by the nation’s largest media corporations. Advocacy groups such as the Center for Digital Democracy and nearly...

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  • Taxes: No pretty sunsets here

    Taxes: No pretty sunsets here

    May 29, 2003

    On May 23 Congress passed a $320 billion tax cut. Or was it $350 billion? Or $550 billion? But what ever its size, one thing is certain: it was another bonanza for the richest of the...

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  • Chicagos Hot House update and appeal

    Chicagos Hot House update and appeal

    May 23, 2003

    Since the unexpected closure on May 9, HotHouse, the Center for International Performance and Exhibition, has worked around the clock to understand and respond to the allegations levied against it by the City of Chicago. To...

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