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  • Editorials

    Editorials

    November 12, 2004

    Stop new witch-hunt The Internal Revenue Service sent a letter to the NAACP Oct. 8, warning the civil rights organization that it was under investigation for possible violations of its tax-exempt status. The letter complained that...

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  • No mandate, no surrender

    No mandate, no surrender

    November 12, 2004

    Several months ago most pollsters predicted that the margin of difference between Kerry and Bush would be razor thin. I can’t recall anyone projecting a landslide for either candidate, let alone a major political realignment nationwide....

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  • Health care as a human right

    Health care as a human right

    November 12, 2004

    In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a “Second Bill of Rights” for Americans, declaring “freedom from want” to be one of four essential liberties necessary for human security. Roosevelt’s definition of freedom included “the right...

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  • Colo. students sit-in to protest Bush

    Colo. students sit-in to protest Bush

    November 12, 2004

    Though the movement to defeat President George W. Bush suffered an electoral defeat on Nov. 2, students at Boulder High School in Colorado proved by example that this movement is hardly out of steam. Nearly 100...

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  • Fight to save South LA trauma center continues

    Fight to save South LA trauma center continues

    November 12, 2004

    LOS ANGELES — South Los Angeles area residents and their allies are expected to rally Monday afternoon, Nov. 15, to protest the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ proposal to close the Martin Luther King Jr./Charles...

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