National
Religious leaders launch voter drive
December 12, 2003MILWAUKEE – A progressive Christian organizing institute, the Gamaliel Foundation, held its National Leadership Assembly here Dec. 4-6, kicking off campaigns for voter registration and education, immigrant rights, metro-suburban equity, and drug treatment as an alternative...
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National Clips
December 12, 2003LOS ANGELES: March for right to drive State law bars undocumented immigrant workers from getting a driver’s license, but hundreds of immigrant workers marched 50 miles from Claremont to Los Angeles to demand the legal right...
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Cincinnati killing Questions mount on police beating
December 12, 2003Ohio’s Hamilton County coroner ruled Dec. 3 that the death of Nathaniel Jones, 41, was a homicide. Jones, a Black man who weighed 350 pounds, was beaten to death by Cincinnati police officers, Nov. 30. Other...
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GOP: not even a lump of coal for unemployed
December 12, 2003WASHINGTON – The majority Republican 108th Congress went home for the holidays this week having doled out sugar plums for their wealthy contributors but not even a lump of coal for millions of long-term unemployed. “It’s...
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Bush policies provoke city budget crisis
December 12, 2003CLEVELAND – Over 725 city government employees here, including 430 safety force workers, were given layoff notices Dec. 5 as the city faces a $61 million deficit in its general fund. The job cuts, amounting to...
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