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Violence funds not sheltered from budget cuts
February 22, 2009Original source: WASHINGTON (WOMENSENEWS)--Women's safety advocates called on Congress Wednesday to hike funding for the nation's domestic violence shelters, which are being forced to scale back services or eliminate them altogether due to the ailing economy....
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Haitians facing deportation look to Obama for help
February 22, 2009Original source: The United States is set to deport more than 30,000 Haitians to their impoverished homeland, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced this week. A protest in response to the decision has been planned for...
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More than 50,000 people email New York Post over chimp cartoon in less than one day
February 21, 2009More than 50,000 members of ColorOfChange.org sent emails to New York Post Publisher Paul Carlucci on Thursday protesting the paper's decision to run a controversial political cartoon. Momentum around the petition continued to build Thursday evening...
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Digital TV for all? Not so fast
February 21, 2009NEW YORK, Feb 20 (IPS) - Imagine turning on your television and all you see is black and white fuzz. This might be the scenario for the estimated 6 million U.S. citizens who have been left...
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Chasm between words and deeds
February 20, 2009When I heard Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina call for bank nationalization, and Sen. Chuck Schumer say “well .... let’s hold on a little longer,” I considered re-reading Alice in Wonderland. Schumer’s reluctance merely...
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