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March 14, 2003

DENTON, Tex.: Books not bombs Approximately 400 students walked out of class, March 5, and gathered on the University of North Texas free speech area to protest the impending war in Iraq. A coalition of UNT...

Code Pink women say no to war

March 14, 2003

WASHINGTON – Warning that George W. Bush’s war could kill, maim, or starve millions of Iraqi women and children and squander funds needed here at home, 10,000 women, many with their families, marched on the White...

Peace T-shirt sparks civil liberties battle

March 14, 2003 By Susan Webb

When the Crossgates Mall tangled with freedom of speech, it got more than it bargained for. The mall ordered Stephen Downs, 60, a local lawyer, to take off a T-shirt bearing the slogans “Peace on Earth,”...

Labor leader wins Los Angeles Council seat

March 13, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

LOS ANGELES – Former Speaker of the State Assembly Antonio Villaraigosa made history on March 4 when he won an East Los Angeles seat in the 14th council district of the nation’s second largest city.

Latino communities say no to war

March 13, 2003 By Brandi Lea Kishner

CHICAGO – Virtually every leader and spokesperson of the Mexican, Mexican American and Puerto Rican communities here have spoken out against the Bush administration’s war on Iraq. Congressman Luis Gutierrez voted against the war resolution in...