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Police attack injures protesters, workers
April 11, 2003OAKLAND, Calif. – Outraged witnesses and community leaders used words like “preemptive,” “premeditated,” and “brutal” during an emotionally charged meeting of the Oakland City Council to describe the Oakland Police Department’s attack on anti-war demonstrators and...
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Get insurance biz out of health care
April 10, 2003In February Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) introduced HR-676, the United States National Health Insurance Act (NHIA), which would establish a national single-payer health care system. Conyers said his bill will free our nation “from having to...
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Texas House debates war
April 10, 2003AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas House of Representatives on April 2 passed a resolution supporting the war in Iraq, but not before some spirited debate and a demonstration in the House gallery against the war. House...
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Cuts hit Michigan kids
April 10, 2003Michigan’s poor are having an increasingly hard time making ends meet according to a recently completed study and numerous social service organizations throughout the state. According to the 2003 Market Basket Survey (which measures the buying...
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Tax attacks
April 10, 2003April 15, the deadline for filing federal income tax returns, has arrived again. Where do your income tax dollars go?
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