News
Underground Railroad
February 4, 2005ST. LOUIS — The history of slavery and racism is a horrible, shameful part of American history. It is a scar on the face of the ideals that our democratic nation holds dear. Before the Civil...
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D.C. hotel employees OK pact
February 4, 2005WASHINGTON (PAI) — Using the presidential inauguration as leverage, workers at Washington, D.C.’s top hotels reached a new three-year contract with major downtown chain-owned hotels. Local 25 set its strike deadline after learning the hotels planned...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
February 4, 2005NASHVILLE: Baptists call for Iraq war end, no-vote on Gonzalez More than 10,000 delegates representing 15 million African American Baptists in four denominations met here, Jan. 24 – 27, and issued a joint unity statement calling...
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Global call to action: End poverty!
February 4, 2005PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — From its opening march of 200,000 people — chanting slogans, singing, and carrying banners for an end to war, poverty and inequality — to the nightly rhythms of Brazilian samba, the fifth...
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LETTERS
January 28, 2005Tsunamis and the Third World The Dan Margolis piece (PWW 1/15-21) describing the lost lives in the tsunami because of the lack of an early warning system is right on. There are other preventive measures that...
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