National
Today we march, tomorrow we vote 2 million immigrants & supporters stand up for equality & justice
April 14, 2006NEW YORK — In the city that is home to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, 125,000 people, native- and foreign-born alike, turned out April 10 for a historic National Day of Action for Immigrant...
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EDITORIAL: Tax justice
April 7, 2006As Americans scramble to file their tax returns by the April 15 deadline, a new tax study got us angry. A New York Times analysis of Internal Revenue Service data shows that President Bush’s tax cuts...
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Medical students rally for universal health care
April 7, 2006CHICAGO — Wearing white coats and stethoscopes, and carrying signs and banners, medical students rallied in support for universal health care here March 31. The students were joined by health care consumers and elected officials at...
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Our children are not for sale: Baltimore labor slams midnight attack on public schools
April 7, 2006ANNAPOLIS, Md. — “They want to turn our schools over to corporate America to operate at a profit. But our children are not for sale!” So said an angry Marietta English, president of the Baltimore Teachers...
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Walkout: Nationwide, thousands of high school students rally for immigrant rights
April 7, 2006NEWBURGH, N.Y. — Students in this small city walked out of class at exactly noon, March 31, to demand immigrant rights, joining a wave of thousands of students doing the same thing in Los Angeles, San...
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