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20 million Americans rallied on Earth Day 1970
April 23, 2009It was a different time back in the ’70s. Women’s liberation and gay rights were on the march. Vietnam War protests coupled with the civil rights freedom movements changed the political atmosphere of the United States.
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Hundreds rally for health care reform
April 23, 2009CHICAGO -- Health Care for America Now and Citizen Action Illinois held a rally in support of President Barack Obama’s health care reform plan on April 18, at St. Augustine College here. William McNary, president of...
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Truth commission needed
April 23, 2009Truth commission needed Four secret Bush-era Justice Department memos and a 2008 Senate report, now made public, lay out in shocking detail the reckless lawlessness at the highest levels of the administration of President George W....
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Loud Earth Day call: ‘Give us green jobs’
April 23, 2009Illinois Greenpeace observed Earth Day by erecting six wind turbines on a bridge across Michigan Avenue in the “windy city” of Chicago. Nicole Granacki, Greenpeace Illinois field organizer, told the World the project “underscores the crucial...
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Things I wouldnt want written on my tombstone
April 23, 2009I sometimes entertain myself by listing things I don’t want written on my tombstone, such as, “There were other people who were worse,” or “Probably did more good than harm.” Now I add to that the...
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