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Bush visit sparks protests
February 22, 2002MILWAUKEE – When George W. Bush came to Milwaukee to Feb. 11 headline a $1,000-a-plate fundraiser for Wisconsin’s acting governor, Scott McCallum, local activists greeted him with not one, but two ,raucous protest marches. The first...
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Sept. 11 families say War, not in our names
February 22, 2002NEW YORK – “We do not want the war in Afghanistan or other parts of the world, wherever it might spread, to be conducted in our names or in the names of our lost loved ones,”...
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With help from a friend, Enron fleeces South America
February 22, 2002WASHINGTON – A couple of weeks ago, Argentina’s daily newspaper, La Nacion, was looking for an explanation of the country’s economic collapse, with $141 billion in unpayable foreign debt and five governments falling in the space...
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Parents to Supreme Court: Kids yes, vouchers no!
February 22, 2002WASHINGTON – As the Supreme Court heard arguments on Cleveland’s private school voucher program Feb. 20, Cleveland parents and hundreds of other public education advocates rallied outside chanting, “Kids yes, vouchers no!” The Sixth Circuit Court...
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Writer and activist Langston Hughes at 100
February 15, 2002NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Langston Hughes centennial has taken center stage here this month, with an exhibit of Hughes’ papers at Yale’s Beinecke Library, showing through April 20, and celebrations at local libraries and schools.
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