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Homeland Securitys faith-based initiative?

January 30, 2004

Is spying on clergy who support working people’s struggles a “faith-based initiative”? Homeland Security put its unique stamp on the president’s program when it sent undercover agents to spy on a gathering of clergy and religious...

White House pushes deficit to trillions

January 30, 2004

Just a week after bragging in his State of the Union speech that the economy is on the mend, George W. Bush faced angry charges that his policies have pushed working people deeper in debt to...

National Clips

January 29, 2004

SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Californians say ‘Tax the rich’ The California State Assembly is going where the money is to plug the gaping hole in the state’s budget. Polling in the state showed that 61 percent of residents...

Black youth killed by New York police

January 29, 2004

NEW YORK – A young African American couple was tragically torn apart as a bullet from a New York Police Department officer’s gun ended the life of 19-year-old Timothy Stansbury Jr. Stansbury had been walking from...

Lawmaker threatens Dallas on Patriot Act

January 29, 2004

DALLAS – In an effort to intimidate the Dallas City Council to not go on record against the excesses of the USA Patriot Act, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) threatened the city’s ability to obtain Homeland Security...