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Oakland police officer kills again
On Sept. 20, an Oakland cop shot 20-year-old Gary King Jr. twice in the back. The shooter, Sgt. Pat Gonzales,…
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Government to deny medical care to undocumented immigrants
The Bush administration has added the denial of emergency Medicaid funds to its arsenal of weapons used to terrorize undocumented…
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Verizon charged with anti-union practices
Last week, two National Labor Relations Board directors charged Verizon Business with "interfering with, restraining and coercing employees in the…
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Home foreclosures hit oppressed the hardest
The number of homeowners that received foreclosure notices hit an all time high between April and June 2007. Working-class homeowners—whose…
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U.S. moves to deport father of dead soldier
Three years ago, U.S. Army Private Armando Soriano—the child of Mexican immigrants—died fighting in Iraq . Now, his father, Enrique…
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New York City taxi drivers strike, mount legal fight
On Sept. 5 and 6, taxi drivers in New York City went on strike. They were protesting the city’s requirements…
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El Paso, Tex. to demolish Native holy site
On Sept.15, the El Paso, Tex. City Council voted 5 to 4 in favor of a road extension project that…
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White House ‘how to’ manual on suppressing dissent
The Bush administration's policies at home and abroad have become so unpopular that Bush is greeted at every venue—no matter…
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Kenneth Foster death sentence commuted
On Aug. 30, Kenneth Foster, an African American man on death row since 1997, learned that Gov. Rick Perry had…
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Southern California cops beat mourners at peaceful vigil
On Aug. 19 in San Bernardino, Calif., police officers attacked a peaceful crowd mourning the shooting death of 22-year-old Charles…
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