LOS ANGELES — Dubbed as the first comprehensive gathering of Latino leaders since the civil rights movement of the 1960s and ’70s, over 3,000 participants assembled here Sept. 6-10 at the National Latino Congreso. 
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Sept. 16, 2006
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NEW YORK - One month can sometimes feel like a lifetime. For many, each day is marked by the struggle to recover. It's another step towards an uncertain future. Sept. 11 has forever changed the city.
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Los editoriales a través del país condenaron a las palabras del presidente George Bush, secretario de Defensa Donald Rumsfield, y el vicepresidente Dick Cheney y otros oficiales de la administración como vergonzosos, politiquería barata, metiendo miedo, entre otras.
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HAZLETON, Pennsylvania — Cientos de gente de muchas partes de Pennsylvania se unieron con los residentes de la ciudad de Hazleton, Pennsylvania el 2 de septiembre para oponerse a una ordenanza municipal que hace ilegal vender bienes o servicios, rentarle, contratar o ayudar de cualquier manera a inmigrantes indocumentados.
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A un año del huracán Katrina, una cosa es evidente: el término “maestros de la decepción” se le puede aplicar a la administración Bush por su manejo de la reconstrucción de la costa del Golfo. A pesar de la visita del presidente a la región el 29 de agosto para una sesiones fotográficas, sus promesas suenan vacías comparadas con los hechos.
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CHICAGO — Despite a monthlong million-dollar campaign to scare residents into opposing the “big box” living wage ordinance passed by the City Council July 26, a new poll of Chicago voters shows overwhelming support for the legislation.
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“Cheap spin, fear-mongering and deliberate mischaracterization of his critics.” “Shameful tactic.” “Close to delusional.” These were editorial reactions of newspapers across the “heartland” last week as President Bush and other administration officials launched a political offensive.
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BATAVIA, Ill. — Bearing American flags and pictures of Jesus and the Virgin Mary while marching to the beat of Korean drummers, some 400 immigrant workers, their families and supporters walked 50 miles from Chicago to the office of Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert to demand action on immigration reform and an end to raids and deportations.
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WASHINGTON — El fallo por parte de la juez federal Anna Diggs Taylor emitido el 17 de agosto, de que George W. Bush no tiene el poder de un “rey hereditario”, y que por ende su interceptación extrajudicial de teléfonos es anticonstitucional, ha encendido una tormenta de fuego en la ultraderecha.
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PITTSBURGH — There’s already been a reported shoving match, negative TV ads, federal money flowing in, and it is only the “dog days” of August. What’s up? Pennsylvania’s hot Senate campaign.
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