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  • Bostons first Latino City Councilor sworn in

    Bostons first Latino City Councilor sworn in

    January 23, 2003

    BOSTON – History was made in this New England city with the coming of the new year. Felix Arroyo, the first Latino member of the City Council was sworn into office on Jan. 6. Arroyo is...

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  • Jersey City Council to pass resolution against war on Iraq

    Jersey City Council to pass resolution against war on Iraq

    January 23, 2003

    JERSEY CITY, N.J. – On Jan. 16, about 40 people gathered in front of City Hall here to participate in a press conference called by Hudson County Coalition for Peace and Justice to present a resolution...

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  • Chicago passes peace resolution

    Chicago passes peace resolution

    January 23, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

    CHICAGO – On Jan. 16, this city of three million people declared itself for peace when the City Council voted 46-1 opposing a pre-emptive U.S. military attack on Iraq.

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  • Wal-Mart  the nations worst workplace bully

    Wal-Mart the nations worst workplace bully

    January 23, 2003

    With $7 billion in profits squeezed from the labor of one million workers at 3,250 stores across the country last year, Wal-Mart deserves its reputation as the nation’s worst “workplace bully.” But the grievances against the...

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  • Sacramento fights school privatization

    Sacramento fights school privatization

    January 23, 2003

    SACRAMENTO – Sacramento High School, which has been in operation since 1856 and is the second-oldest high school west of the Mississippi, is in danger of being closed by the Sacramento City School Board, paving the...

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