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10,000 march against violence in Philly
April 16, 2004NORTH PHILADELPHIA – Dee Smith pushed her son, Marcus, in a wheelchair. Other mothers carried poster-size photos of their children – Michael Keel, 14; Keith Lovett, 17; Jason Sweeney, 16; Thiayanna Son, 10; Antwine Kellam, 18;...
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Pittsburgh Students battle racism
April 16, 2004PITTSBURGH – It was a ticking time bomb bred in segregation and fed by arrogance that exploded on the front pages of two student publications in affluent communities recently. Racism, misogyny and homophobia blew up in...
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Mad cows and sick chickens: capitalism and the food supply
April 9, 2004Are you becoming afraid of the grocery store? If you are, it’s no wonder. Mad cow disease, avian flu, and mercury in salmon are the latest dangers to our food supply.
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Starving Section 8 housing to fund war
April 9, 2004SEATTLE – The new Bush budget would devastate the Section 8 housing program, the National Low-Income Housing Coalition has warned. The slash in funding for housing and other domestic programs is coupled in the Bush budget...
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National Clips
April 9, 2004HUNTINGTON, W.Va.: 500 workers, students protest Bush “I was invited to Mr. Bush’s rally down the road,” Huntington Mayor David Felinton told 500 coal miners, steelworkers, building trades workers, firefighters and students, April 2. “But I...
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