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House GOP upholds Bush veto on SCHIP, union leaders vow retribution
October 20, 2007WASHINGTON (PAI) — Despite strong lobbying by unions, health care groups, children’s groups and their allies, House Republicans mustered enough votes on Oct. 18 to uphold anti-worker President George Bush’s veto of children’s health care. Union...
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Help us get to $100,000 by Nov. 1
October 19, 2007The People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo fund drive has been progressing at a pretty good pace. But now we have to step it up. As of Oct. 15, we are at $76,723, about 38 percent. We want...
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Study of deaths in police custody raises questions
October 19, 2007A first-ever Justice Department study of deaths in police custody raises more questions than it answers. The study, “Arrest-Related Deaths in the United States, 2003-2005,” released Oct. 11 by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), covers...
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Chicago spotlights non-Hollywood films
October 19, 2007CHICAGO — Approaching half a decade now, the Chicago International Film Festival features movies from 44 countries, including some that produce very few movies like Puerto Rico, Bulgaria and Burkina Faso. The festival running this month...
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Lorraine Hansberry playwright and agitator
October 19, 2007Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was one of the most relevant playwrights of the 20th century. Her work highlights the struggle for equality and justice, as an African American woman who in her early years was also a...
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