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  • Hightower denounces corporate looting

    Hightower denounces corporate looting

    November 1, 2001

    Hightower denounces 'corporate looting' By Mark Almberg CHICAGO - 'We need outspoken advocacy for the people's interests and the common good more than ever before,' said Jim Hightower, particularly in the face of new threats to...

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  • Hardship in America

    Hardship in America

    November 1, 2001

    A recent study confirms what many working class families know from experience - the official Federal poverty level is inadequate to meet their bare minimum needs. Released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), it studies the...

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  • Good response = fewer cases

    Good response = fewer cases

    November 1, 2001

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - Dr. Paulo Teixeira, director of Brazil's Sexually Transmitted Disease/AIDS Program, told a CBC 'brain trust' that Brazil's energetic grassroots-oriented program has slashed HIV/AIDS infections in half. The World Bank predicted in 1992 that...

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  • Free speech group attacks anti-terror bill

    Free speech group attacks anti-terror bill

    November 1, 2001

    WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is waging a last ditch struggle to block a so-called 'anti-terrorism' measures adopted by the House and Senate that grants the Bush Administration sweeping new powers of detention...

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  • Fast track is the wrong track

    Fast track is the wrong track

    November 1, 2001

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. - In Tennessee, we have felt the loss of more than 25,000 textile and industrial jobs due to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Many of these jobs were union jobs that paid...

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