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Black leaders probe rights violations on border
May 4, 2007TUCSON, Ariz. — A 14-member delegation of African Americans investigated human rights abuses of immigrants, Mexican Americans and indigenous communities on the U.S.-Mexican border, in an April 26-29 fact-finding tour here. The “Braving Borders Building Bridges:...
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U.S. attorney scandal smacks of Watergate
May 4, 2007President Bush gave Attorney General Alberto Gonzales a vote of confidence last week. But labor, peace and civil rights activists in New Mexico are raising sharp questions about Gonzales’ firing of U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, suggesting...
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National Clips
May 4, 2007PROVO, Utah: BYU students protest Cheney Right-wing politicians know they’re in trouble when an appearance by Vice President Dick Cheney at Brigham Young University gives rise to a student protest. BYU is widely regarded as the...
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A new day in Chicago politics
May 4, 2007CHICAGO — A coalition of the multiracial organized labor movement and its community allies scored a stunning victory in the April 17 municipal runoff elections when 8 of 12 labor-backed candidates were elected to the City...
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Organizing heats up to defend womens rights
May 4, 2007Last November, South Dakota voters overturned a state abortion ban by a 12 percent margin. The April 18 Supreme Court anti-abortion ruling shows the court is “farther to the right than these conservative ‘red states’ voters,”...
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