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Doctor exposes racism in hospital fight
January 28, 2005LOS ANGELES – In 1965, the 265,000 people in the Watts area of South Los Angeles were served by eight small, private hospitals with 440 beds. Today the 1 million people in the area have only...
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California legislators prepare for war
January 28, 2005LOS ANGELES — “I spent a week listening to the governor’s proposals,” said Judy Chu. “This governor has declared war.” Chu, chair of the California Assembly Appropriations Committee, was reacting to the state budget proposed by...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
January 28, 2005NEW ORLEANS: Marchers ‘mourn’ second term On Inauguration Day more than 1,500 people, mostly dressed in black, lined up behind a horse-drawn coffin carrying copies of the Patriot Act and the Constitution for a traditional New...
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Vigil marks Roe v. Wade anniversary
January 28, 2005WASHINGTON — The city was under snow emergency, but a crowd of men and women came out to a vigil to defend women’s reproductive rights on Jan. 22, the 32nd anniversary of the landmark Roe v....
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Vermonters ignite effort to bring troops home
January 28, 2005MONTPELIER, Vt. — About half of Vermont’s Army National Guard is over in Iraq. Now, there’s a grassroots campaign to bring them home. Organizers of the Iraq Resolution Campaign say at least 47 Vermont communities will...
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