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Editorials
September 24, 2004Electoral College belongs on history’s ash heap As the Nov. 2 election nears, the possibility looms once again that the popular vote winner will not become president because he lacks an Electoral College majority. Democrat Al...
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The Republican campaign to suppress the Black vote
September 24, 2004The African American people from slavery to today have had to wage a hard, bitter and bloody struggle for the right to vote. The right to vote, therefore, is sacred; it is a basic part of...
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Health care action week to dramatize growing crisis
September 24, 2004Jobs with Justice (JwJ), the national coalition of labor, community, student and faith-based groups, has declared Oct. 3-10 “Health Care Action Week: Affordable Health Care for All.”
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Wal-Mart pulls back from Chicago
September 24, 2004CHICAGO (PAI) — Just months after it tried to ram two “supercenters” through the Chicago City Council, giant anti-worker retailer Wal-Mart has apparently thrown in the towel. The reason, though it denies it: The city’s new...
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California: Frozen voter funds hit
September 24, 2004On Sept. 17, the Schwarz-enegger administration rejected California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley’s request for release of over $25 million in federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) funds in preparation for the November election. The announcement...
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