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Senate defies Bush, approves childrens health care bill

November 9, 2007

WASHINGTON — The Senate defied President Bush, Nov. 2, and approved for a third time a new version of the SCHIP children’s health care program by a 64-30 vote. Meanwhile, House leaders struggled to win over...

Children suffer in immigration raids

November 9, 2007

For every two people detained in immigration enforcement operations, one child is left behind, according to a recent report, “Paying the Price: The impact of Immigration Raids on America’s Children,” released by the National Council of...

Chryslers signing bonus: pink slip for workers

November 9, 2007

Rank-and-file roiled by job and shift cuts as tentative deal is reached with Ford Less than a week after Chrysler workers barely approved a concessionary contract, the company’s Nov. 1 announcement that it will slash 10,000...

Is GOP scheming to steal another election?

November 9, 2007

Just weeks ago, a proposed ballot initiative by far-right Republicans with links to presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani seemed dead, after efforts to put it on California’s June primary ballot imploded amid secretive financial maneuvering by its...

B.J. Mangaoang, longtime Communist leader, 92

November 2, 2007

B.J. Mangaoang, a longtime leader of the Communist Party of Washington state, died Oct. 20 at the age of 92. B.J. was born Baba Jean Sears in a homestead house in Bellevue, Wash., in 1915. She...