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Jury not convinced by terrorism charges
In mid-April, the Justice Department failed to sway the jury in yet another attempt to prosecute what it calls "homegrown…
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Liberation Volume 2, Issue 10
Volume 2, No. 10: Make housing a right! On the cover: The housing crisis on the ground Mobile home owners…
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¿Eliminando el hambre?
No se necesita tener un diploma en econom??a para saber que el sistema econ??mico de EEUU est?? en una crisis…
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Human rights activist killed by Sri Lankan military
Human rights activist Father M. Karunaratnam was killed on April 20 by a roadside bomb in the Mallavi area in…
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The Columbia revolt: 40 years later
In April 1968, a student revolt erupted at Columbia University. The protests had two main goals. One, the students wanted…
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Netanyahu proclaims 9/11 attacks good for Israel
While speaking at a conference at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, former Prime Minister of Israel and chairman of…
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Bush ‘plan’ too little, too late for global warming
In an April 16 Rose Garden speech, President George Bush outlined what was purported to be a new proposal to…
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French students protest job cuts
As many as 50,000 French students held a militant demonstration in the streets of Paris on April 17 to oppose…
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PTSD, depression afflicts one in five returning soldiers
According to a recent RAND Corporation study, 300,000 troops returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or…
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Mexicans workers fight against oil privatization
Legislators of the Broad Progressive Front, a coalition of opposition parties, stormed the podiums in both chambers of Mexico’s Congress…
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Anti-war coalition tours Midwest
The ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), a national anti-war organization with offices from coast to…
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Skyrocketing fuel prices spark trucker protests
Oil prices reached a record $114 dollars a barrel on April 15. The national average price per gallon of regular…
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Egypt holds elections amidst growing unrest
On April 12, amidst a tense climate of resistance to rising food prices and the repressive U.S.-supported Hosni Mubarak government,…
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Petraeus report pushes for continued occupation
On April 8 and 9, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, and the U.S. ambassador to…
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Workers pessimistic about retirement
U.S. workers are growing increasingly pessimistic about retirement. The Employee Benefit Research Institute released a study in April showing that…
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Chicago protesters slapped with felony charges
On March 23, six activists from Catholic Schoolgirls Against the War staged a die-in during Easter Mass at Holy Name…
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Court orders Starbucks to pay millions in back tips
Starbucks, one of the largest coffee chains in the country with over 11,000 stores, has suffered an embarrassing setback. On…
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Lack of health insurance a deadly disease
According to a grim study by Families USA, the estimated 47 million people in the United States who lack health…
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Oregon health care lotto gambles with people’s lives
Growing up, we all heard the adage, "If you’ve got your health, then you’ve got all you need." We learned…
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Stamping out hunger?
You do not need a degree in economics to know that the U.S. economy is in deep crisis. Nearly all…
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