U.S.
St. Louis protesters challenge anti-gay conference
March 3, 2006ST. LOUIS — Over 350 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists, community allies and friends protested outside of an anti-gay conference here Feb. 25. The conference, called “Love Won Out,” was sponsored by Focus on...
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Social Security still on Bush-corporate hit list
March 3, 2006A vampire is not really dead until a wooden stake is pushed through its heart (so they say). The Vampire of the Empire arose last month and presented to Congress a federal budget proposal containing a...
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Fighting for the same rights over and over
March 3, 2006We were talking about the future of the women’s movement. It was back in the early ’70s, when the women’s movement was taking off, inspired by the civil rights movement. Except for me, everyone in the...
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Wars health impact vast, panel says
March 3, 2006WASHINGTON (PAI) — The U.S. health impact of the war in Iraq is extensive, sometimes subtle and extends beyond U.S. troops to their families and the public at large, a five-member panel warned a forum of...
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Illinois school agency backs immigrant students
March 3, 2006ELMWOOD PARK, Ill. — The school board in this western suburb of Chicago achieved national notoriety last week in a case involving its denial of the right of an immigrant youth to enroll in its high...
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