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Immigrant soldiers dying for citizenship
On July 4, 325 immigrant soldiers took the oath of citizenship in Iraq. As of May, 1,186 soldiers have become…
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Rachel Corrie’s parents fight Caterpillar in court
The writer attended the July 9 oral arguments in the Corrie case against Caterpillar. On July 9, the 9th Circuit…
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San Francisco 8 legal update
On June 21 in San Francisco, a court hearing was held in the case of the "San Francisco Eight." The…
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U.S. escalates Iraq war, crisis deepens
As the Iraq crisis deepens, several Republican senators have joined Democratic Party leaders in calling for a "change of course."…
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Stop the execution of Troy Davis, an innocent man
"The execution of an innocent man is not unconstitutional," said attorney Jason Ewart, attorney for Georgia death row inmate Troy…
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Pardon me Scooter, shouldn’t you be in jail?
The Bush White House announced in early July its decision to commute the jail sentence of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former…
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Renewing the struggle for immigrant rights
After the defeat of the most recent immigration reform bill in the Senate, PSLweb.org’s Carlos Alvarez interviewed Juan José Gutiérrez,…
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‘Sicko’ exposes the need for universal health care
All private health insurance companies must be abolished. Not reformed, reconstituted or regulated—abolished. We should have guaranteed universal health care…
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Supreme Court rolls back Civil Rights-era gains
Thirty-two years ago, white racist mobs tried to prevent court ordered busing aimed at desegregating the schools in Louisville, Ky.…
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Congress feels the heat on global warming
It sounds like the lead-in to a comedy routine. On June 27, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill…
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