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N. Calif. banquet to honor Freedom Riders

October 9, 2003

OAKLAND, Calif. – Struggles for democracy, civil and workers’ rights, equality and peace will be celebrated at this year’s Northern California People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo banquet on Sunday, Nov. 9. Immigrant Workers Freedom Riders from HERE...

The Pan-American pastime: Dominican Dominance

October 3, 2003 By Chas Walker

The Thrill and the Agony This week in sports by Chas Walker

Hoosiers support national health care bill

October 3, 2003

GARY, Ind. – “No more Band-Aids!” was the opening theme of a Forum on the Health Care Crisis held here Sept. 13. By the end of the forum, the theme had expanded to “Everybody in, nobody...

Undocumented workers give more than they get

October 3, 2003 By David Bacon

The Urban Institute estimated in its May 1994 report, “Immigration and Immigrants, Setting the Record Straight,” that the undocumented population of the U.S stood between 2.5 and 3.5 million people in 1980, and rose to between...

Income down, poverty up

October 3, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

A report released by the Census Bureau on Sept. 26 says 34.6 million people in the United States live at or below the poverty line, an increase of 1.7 million in 2002.