U.S.
Philly City Council urges healthcare vote
May 9, 2003On May 1 the Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a resolution calling for a ballot referendum on November 4, 2003, for an addition to the City Charter requiring the Department of Health to prepare a plan...
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Illinois budget crisis: What to do?
May 9, 2003CHICAGO – “The Illinois budget crisis: Taking action to protect people’s needs” will be the theme of a forum to be held Thursday, May 15. Currently the State of Illinois faces a budget deficit of nearly...
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National Clips
May 9, 2003LAWRENCE, Kansas – People protest war profiteering Over 2,000 residents marched through the center of Lawrence to protest the war in Iraq. The end of the war didn’t keep people like Richard Morantz from protesting. Morantz,...
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DREAM Act seeks education equity
May 9, 2003Imagine this. A mother, trying to escape the poverty of her country, comes to the United States with her three-year-old son. He grows up here. Goes to school and does well. In high school he’s in...
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Labor and the 2004 elections The view from Iowa and South Carolina
May 9, 2003Mark Smith, president of the Iowa AFL-CIO, said his federation is not “doing much” when it comes to the 2004 election. “That comes after the AFL-CIO makes its endorsement. But some of our affiliates are busy,”...
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