U.S.
31 years after Roe v. Wade: New generation redefines pro-choice
January 23, 2004With its Jan. 22, 1973, ruling that abortion could no longer be illegal, the Supreme Court ushered in a new era for the rights of women, children and families.
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Americans respond to State of the Union:What about jobs?
January 23, 2004George W. Bush delivered the 2004 State of the Union speech to Congress and the American people on Jan. 20, and afterwards many people asked: What Union and world was he talking about?
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Who is counting your vote? Diebold & Bush vs. the public interest
January 16, 2004Who is counting your vote? Now is the time, before November 2004, to ask that and a few other questions. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose birthday we celebrate Jan. 19, was a courageous fighter for...
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Boston to buy Rx drugs from Canada
January 16, 2004With the support of Mayor Thomas M. Menino, the city of Boston is joining the growing exodus of U.S. cities and states that now buy their prescription drugs in Canada. Under a pilot plan presented at...
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Corporations blamed for mad cow disease
January 16, 2004SEATTLE – By now, pretty much everyone in the United States has heard of the Holstein from Mabton, Wash., found to be infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), better known as “mad cow disease.” What people...
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