Last week, Congress gave in to a campaign of Bush administration fear-mongering and approved the Protect America Act by a vote of 60-28 in the Senate and 227-183 in the House. Bush immediately signed the bill into law. 
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| Aug. 11, 2007
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CHICAGO — Growing up on this city’s Southwest Side, I could never get used to street gangs, shootings and witnessing neighborhood friends die from violence. Why do so many youth join street gangs? How can someone just pull a trigger and take the life of another human being?
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LOS ANGELES — Agustin Aguayo has a decision to make. Aguayo is seeking conscientious objector status, and may appeal his case to the Supreme Court. His deadline is Sept. 5. At issue is whether a soldier’s conscientious objection to war can develop after enlistment and outside of an organized religion.
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HAZLETON, Pa. — In a stinging rebuttal to anti-immigrant forces, a federal court has struck down this city’s ordinances against undocumented immigrants.
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Youth trek 3,000 miles for peace
Justice for the ‘Jena Six’
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Steve Share, editor of the Minneapolis Labor Review, was in his office the evening of Aug. 1 when he heard the sirens wailing, a din that grew so loud he stepped out to see what was the matter. In a steady stream, police cars, ambulances and fire engines were racing toward the I-35W bridge that spans the Mississippi.
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CHICAGO — They came to Soldier Field, not to cheer for the hometown Bears, but to challenge presidential candidates to represent the rainbow of working people on Main Street, not Wall Street.
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BELVIDERE, Illinois — El presidente del Sindicato de Obreros Automovilísticos Unidos (UAW por sus siglas en inglés) Ron Gettelfinger dice que su unión laboral no entra en conversaciones con las corporaciones de autos de Detroit pensando en aceptar concesiones.
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CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, Nueva York – El condado de Suffolk, un condado suburbano y rural al este de la ciudad de Nueva York, tiene una enorme y crecientemente politizada población de inmigrantes que más y más es blanco de la retórica y acciones antiinmigrantes del ejecutivo del condado, Steve Levy.
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WAUKEGAN, Illinois — Para miles de manifestantes aquí el 16 de julio, el gobierno del municipio se volvió en un organismo extraño mantenido por helicópteros, francotiradores, cuerpo especial de tiradores y perros.
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