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  • Patakis budget doesnt work for New Yorkers

    Patakis budget doesnt work for New Yorkers

    January 23, 2003

    ALBANY, N.Y. – In a State of the State address derided by trade union and community leaders as well as Democratic state legislators, New York Governor George Pataki declared he would both cut taxes and balance...

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  • 9/11 health crisis lingers

    9/11 health crisis lingers

    January 23, 2003 By Phil E. Benjamin

    Two recent articles downplaying the dangers to physical and mental health stemming from the World Trade Center disaster are being widely publicized in the mass media and “scientific” journals.

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  • Bostons first Latino City Councilor sworn in

    Bostons first Latino City Councilor sworn in

    January 23, 2003

    BOSTON – History was made in this New England city with the coming of the new year. Felix Arroyo, the first Latino member of the City Council was sworn into office on Jan. 6. Arroyo is...

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  • Sacramento fights school privatization

    Sacramento fights school privatization

    January 23, 2003

    SACRAMENTO – Sacramento High School, which has been in operation since 1856 and is the second-oldest high school west of the Mississippi, is in danger of being closed by the Sacramento City School Board, paving the...

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  • Lessons from the Lott expos

    Lessons from the Lott expos

    January 17, 2003

    The Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) scandal did more than expose the racist underbelly of the former Senate majority leader and the Republican Party. It also showed the growing importance of the struggle for equality and against...

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