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N.Y. gov. shorts schools
February 10, 2006NEW YORK — Boasting that he was delivering tax cuts for working people and increased funding for schools, Republican Gov. George Pataki submitted his final executive budget Jan. 18 in Albany. The proposal was immediately condemned,...
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Texans protest Bush school visit
February 10, 2006When George W. and Laura Bush visited Townview Magnet School in Dallas, Feb. 3, local media gushed over Bush’s no-funding, test-emphasizing No Child Left Behind education flim-flam and his pretense that he favors science education, but...
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Coretta Scott King: Freedom fighter
February 10, 2006Coretta Scott King personified everything women have struggled to achieve in the movement for equality, emancipation and freedom. Her life mothered the understanding of generations who fought and continue to fight for civil rights, all people’s...
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Bush budget: Trillions for rich, cuts for the rest of us
February 10, 2006WASHINGTON — President Bush’s $2.77 trillion 2007 budget brutally slashes funds for health, education and other vital human needs while lavishing $1.8 trillion in tax cuts on the wealthy over the next 10 years, a coalition...
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Thank you and lets celebrate!
February 10, 2006Dear Readers, As the final accounting for our 2005 fund drive winds up, I want to thank each and every one of you who gave your time and money to the People’s Weekly World. At press...
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