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  • Wal-Mart freeloads off Georgia kids

    Wal-Mart freeloads off Georgia kids

    May 13, 2005

    Thousands of Georgia kids are going without health care as a result of Wal-Mart’s freeloading on the state’s health care program for poor children, according to a state legislator in Georgia, where a $5 million health...

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  • Cuba fends off U.S. attacks on human rights

    Cuba fends off U.S. attacks on human rights

    May 13, 2005 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

    WASHINGTON — A crowd at the Cuban Interest Section here applauded warmly March 29 as Ambassador Dagoberto Rodriguez Berrera assailed Bush administration hypocrisy on “human rights” in Cuba. Cuba, he said, will never bow to U.S....

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  • Puerto Ricans fight against death penalty

    Puerto Ricans fight against death penalty

    May 13, 2005

    A U.S. federal court in Puerto Rico may sentence two men to death this week, contrary to the wishes of most Puerto Ricans and in violation of the island nation’s Constitution. The situation highlights the issue...

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  • Labor cant win in a house divided

    Labor cant win in a house divided

    May 13, 2005

    Like no other time in the last 50 years, a united labor movement is critical to defending the working class and the American people. It is decisive to any hope for a progressive agenda for the...

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  • U.S. labor group defies ban on Cuba travel

    U.S. labor group defies ban on Cuba travel

    May 13, 2005

    The U.S. Treasury Department recently issued a “cease and desist order” to the U.S. – Cuba Labor Exchange because of that organization’s plan to send a delegation to Cuba at the end of April. The group...

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