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Life and debt in Dallas
January 12, 2002DALLAS – Activists from the civil rights, environmental, labor and peace movements have already come together in here as the new year begins. At least three joint actions have brought the formerly separate groups closer together....
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Honor Dr. King on his Birthday
January 12, 2002When we marched to make Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday a national holiday we never dreamed what it would become. We had always celebrated with marches, rallies, church services and memorial meetings. But after the national...
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Layoffs don’t make airlines safer
January 12, 2002CHICAGO – After getting a $15-billion bailout, major airlines then used Sept. 11 as a pretext to eliminate meals on most domestic flights. This makes it possible for them to add to their profit column the...
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700 attend State of the Black World conference
January 12, 2002ATLANTA – The State of the Black World Conference was held here Nov. 28-Dec. 2 with 700 African Americans, Africans and African descendents from England, the Americas and many Caribbean Islands, including Cuba. It was convened...
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Homelessness rises across the nation
January 12, 2002The first storm of the season brought more than snow and cold to the thousands of homeless people in New York City.
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