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LA City Council: Let immigrants drive

April 17, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

LOS ANGELES – State legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses won the support of the Los Angeles City Council recently and passed through the state Senate Transportation Committee April 2. The latter...

Communist Party to hold conference on health care

April 17, 2003

In an effort to help mobilize and organize its members for action, the Communist Party is calling an emergency national conference, “The Crisis in Healthcare and the Fightback,” set for New York City on May 17...

National Clips

April 11, 2003

NATIONWIDE: Struggle for peace continues With U.S. bombs falling on Iraq, the list of municipalities and counties enacting peace resolutions continues to grow. After March 20, the first day of the Bush war, Orange County, North...

Child advocates to Bush: Stop war on kids

April 11, 2003

WASHINGTON – More than 2,500 Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) delegates gathered here April 8-11 to fight Bush administration cutbacks in food stamps, Medicaid, and education and to demand that Congress enact the Dodd-Miller “Leave No Child...

Get insurance biz out of health care

April 10, 2003 By Carolyn Taylor

In February Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) introduced HR-676, the United States National Health Insurance Act (NHIA), which would establish a national single-payer health care system. Conyers said his bill will free our nation “from having to...