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  • Watch out for this bill!

    Watch out for this bill!

    January 23, 2004

    Workers’ Correspondence I just got off the phone with a very nice young woman by the name of Gail, who handles legislation and lobbying for the national office of the AFL-CIO in Washington, D.C. I was...

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  • The politics 
of indices

    The politics of indices

    January 23, 2004 By David Eisenhower

    DOW, NASDAQ, and GDP don’t truly reflect the health of the nation

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  • National Clips

    National Clips

    January 23, 2004

    CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas: Wal-Mart locks up workers With 1.2 million workers in 3,500 stores, Wal-Mart has hit upon a trick to increase their profits which even its competitors condemn. The mega-store locks in workers overnight in...

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  • Texans battle for voting rights

    Texans battle for voting rights

    January 23, 2004

    When a Republican District Attorney in Waller County, Texas wrote a letter claiming that students at Prairie View A&M University, which has an almost totally African American student population, did not necessarily have the right to...

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  • 31 years after Roe v. Wade: New generation redefines pro-choice

    31 years after Roe v. Wade: New generation redefines pro-choice

    January 23, 2004

    With its Jan. 22, 1973, ruling that abortion could no longer be illegal, the Supreme Court ushered in a new era for the rights of women, children and families.

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