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How does New York mayor Michael Bloomberg make $1 billion per year?
On Nov. 21, the New York Sun revealed that New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s net worth could be as…
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Partnership for Civil Justice settles landmark lawsuit against DC police
The Partnership for Civil Justice announced today a settlement of its landmark lawsuit against the District of Columbia and the…
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New U.S. policy denies health care to immigrant children
A new federal policy makes the children of undocumented immigrants ineligible to automatically qualify for Medicaid. Immigrant parents will have…
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U.S. funds anti-Chávez Venezuelan groups
As Venezuela's Dec. 3 presidential election approaches, the U.S. government is intensifying efforts to interfere with the re-election bid of…
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Anti-Castro terrorist gets only four years in prison
The writer is the coordinator of the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five in San Francisco. For more information…
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Cuba at the United Nations: ‘U.S. blockade is genocide’
Felipe Pérez Roque, foreign minister of the Republic of Cuba, delivered the following speech on Nov. 8 to the U.N.…
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South Florida workers and homeless seize government land for community housing
In response to the crisis of affordable housing for low-income workers and the homeless, particularly in the African American community,…
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After the midterm elections: Same goals, different strategy
The midterm Congressional election defeat of the Republican majority from the Senate and the House of Representatives, followed by the…
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North Korea, U.S. and the six-party talks
The confrontation between the Bush administration and the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, or North Korea, has entered its next…
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School desegregation under attack by racist court rulings
Busing to desegregate the city of Birmingham Ala., a focal point of many hard-fought struggles in the civil rights movement…
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