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  • Health care not warfare!

    Health care not warfare!

    April 6, 2009

    NEW YORK—About 10,000 protesters marched through the Wall Street financial district April 4 chanting “Money for health care not for war, that is what we’re marching for.” It was the 42nd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther...

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  • Surviving Jena Six: The dreams of Mychal Bell

    Surviving Jena Six: The dreams of Mychal Bell

    April 6, 2009

    Original source: My name is Mychal Bell and I was one of the Jena Six that was charged with attempted murder down in Jena, Louisiana in 2006. As of now, seeing that we have a black...

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  • Employee Free Choice Act is good for Black workers

    Employee Free Choice Act is good for Black workers

    April 6, 2009

    Original source: The Employee Free Choice Act, which is currently under consideration by Congress, is a bill that would make it easier for all workers to join unions by giving them the option to choose how...

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  • Judge: Detainees can use US courts

    Judge: Detainees can use US courts

    April 5, 2009

    Original source: A US judge has ruled that some foreign detainees held without charge at the Bagram air base in Afghanistan have the right to challenge their detention in US courts. On Thursday, US District Judge...

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  • Protesters hold second day’s march on Wall Street

    Protesters hold second day’s march on Wall Street

    April 5, 2009 By NY1

    Thousands of protesters marched in Manhattan for the second day in a row on Wall Street today, to call for an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and for more government aid for struggling...

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