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Making history in Massachusetts
September 29, 2006Deval Patrick won the Massachusetts Democratic primaries Sept. 19 against venture capitalist Chris Gabrieli and State Attorney General Tom Reilly. Patrick, the former assistant attorney general for civil rights in the Clinton administration, may well be...
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Whats Really Good
September 29, 2006Venezuela’s young communists urge unity The Young Communists of Venezuela held their 10th national congress Sept. 15-17 to coincide with their 59th anniversary. The gathering included 300 delegates and guests from 100 national and international groups....
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Missouri judge strikes down photo ID law
September 29, 2006ST. LOUIS — Missouri voters recently won a historic voting rights victory. On Sept. 14 Judge Richard Callahan of the Circuit Court of Cole County in Jefferson City struck down section 115.427 of SB 1014, the...
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National Clips
September 29, 2006OXMOOR VALLEY, Ala.: Parents fight for desegregated schools “If we don’t fight for our kids, no one else will,” was the slogan of over 200 African American parents in this Birmingham suburb. They confronted the Vestavia...
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Calif. ballot props: clean elections, energy
September 29, 2006Among 13 propositions on California’s ballot this Nov. 7, two that have attracted particular attention deal with “clean money elections” and incentives for alternative energy. Under Prop. 89, the California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act...
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