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  • Why no police action on North Dakota murders?

    Why no police action on North Dakota murders?

    February 21, 2003

    our Native American men – all members of the North Dakota-based Turtle Mountain Chippewa [Ojibway] Nation – have been murdered in and around Grand Forks, N.D., within the last year and a half. There have been...

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  • War or health care?

    War or health care?

    February 21, 2003 By David Lawrence

    Last year, President Bush’s chief economic adviser at the time, Lawrence B. Lindsey, estimated that it would cost $100 billion to $200 billion to wage war against Iraq. Lindsey was subsequently sacked by President Bush because...

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  • Oklahoma educators fight budget crisis

    Oklahoma educators fight budget crisis

    February 21, 2003

    Thousands of teachers, school administrators, parents and students converged on the Oklahoma State Capitol Feb. 12 to protest the state’s budget crisis. They demanded that the state’s educational system not continue to be sacrificed. The crowd...

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  • Students across NY: No increase in tuition

    Students across NY: No increase in tuition

    February 21, 2003

    BUFFALO, N.Y. – In protest of Gov. George Pataki’s proposed increase in tuition to the State University of New York (SUNY) and City University of New York (CUNY) systems, students held candlelight vigils on campuses throughout...

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  • Americans act for peace

    Americans act for peace

    February 21, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

    Despite meager resources and an administration-inspired campaign to challenge their patriotism, despite snow in the east, rain in the south and west and cold that rattled the fillings in one’s teeth, Americans in at least 150...

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