2009
New Yorkers oppose JROTC funding
June 19, 2009On June 9 on the steps of New York City Hall, members of Military Families Speak Out, Code Pink and Granny Peace Brigade initiated an effort to delete $2 million from the city budget that is...
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On same-sex benefits change is welcome but … LGBT leaders challenge Obama to go further
June 19, 2009Leading civil rights organizations welcomed President Obama's memorandum expanding some benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees June 17, but called on the President to take bolder steps on other hot-button LGBT equality issues. President...
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Jane Hodes, lifelong activist, founder of Niebyl-Proctor Library
June 18, 2009Jane E. Hodes, a longtime Communist Party member and activist for peace, social and economic justice, died June 6 at the Oakland, Calif. retirement home where she had lived for many years. She was 90 years...
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EDITORIAL Iran in crisis
June 18, 2009Iran’s clerical rulers are maneuvering to contain and suppress massive protests that continue to rock that country. This unprecedented mass uprising was sparked by outrage over the government’s rush to declare Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the absolute winner...
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Seniors plan to push health care reform
June 18, 2009WASHINGTON — Some 500 delegates to the Alliance for Retired Americans legislative conference convened here June 16-18. The 3 million member strong organization played an important role in helping to elect the nation’s first African American...
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