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  • Grocery union leader assesses strike

    Grocery union leader assesses strike

    March 12, 2004

    BAL HARBOR, Fla. – As a result of the hard-fought Southern California grocery strike, the union now has tens of thousands of political activists, said Joe Hansen, the newly-elected international president of the United Food and...

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  • National Clips

    National Clips

    March 12, 2004

    ATLANTA: Marchers say ‘Set Marcus free’ Busloads of students from Savannah, Augusta, Columbus and Valdosta joined marchers from Atlanta University and linked arms with 200 residents from Marcus Dixon’s hometown of Rome, Ga., to demand that...

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  • White House science, or science fiction?

    White House science, or science fiction?

    March 12, 2004

    News Analysis In February, more than 60 influential scientists, including 20 Nobel laureates, issued a statement asserting that the Bush administration had willfully distorted scientific fact to fit its policy goals in areas such as biomedical...

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  • Gay marriage debate rages in states

    Gay marriage debate rages in states

    March 12, 2004

    While same-sex couples line up at city halls across the country in hopes of being married, sometimes defending their right to do so by demonstrating in the streets, the debate over gay marriage rages on in...

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  • Baltimore: Fund schools, not war

    Baltimore: Fund schools, not war

    March 12, 2004

    BALTIMORE – Hundreds of public school students rallied at City Hall here March 9 and marched to the nearby Maryland State Department of Education chanting “Books not bombs” and “Education not incarceration.” The protest was part...

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