Maryland lawmakers block school takeovers
BALTIMORE — Defying Republican Gov. Bob Ehrlich’s veto and Bush administration threats of a cutoff in federal funding, the Maryland General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to block a state takeover of 11 Baltimore public schools under Bush’s No Child Left Behind law.
NATIONALCLIPS: Nationwide 2 million march for immigrant justice
Immigrants and their supporters turned up the pressure on President Bush and Congress with a wave that swept through more than 120 cities, suburbs and towns coast to coast from April 7 to April 10, the National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice.
Two more deaths in West Virginia mines
PITTSBURGH — While coal companies are tallying up their first-quarter profits, two more West Virginia families have an empty chair when they sit down for a meal.
Leaking like a sieve
WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney’s role in leaking classified information to discredit critics of the Iraq war is pouring more fuel on demands that Congress censure and impeach both Cheney and President George W. Bush.
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Teens leave classes for immigrant rights Lesbian crowned Homecoming King Students challenge federal government over drug law Victory scored for free speech, against racism
Half a million march on nations capital
WASHINGTON, D.C. - American flags waving in the nation’s capital are not uncommon. But 500,000 immigrants and supporters waving them are. The massive rally was organized by the National Capital Immigration Coalition, with help from CASA de Maryland, labor unions, churches and ethnic organizations from D.C., Virginia and Maryland.
From City of Brotherly Love: We are America
A sea of signs and flags filled Philadelphia's Love Park to overflowing as thousands of people of diverse nationalities gathered to call for an end to the threat of punitive anti-immigrant legislation by Congress.
Phoenix marchers make history
Republican Mayor Phil Gordon of Phoenix only last week complained publicly and bitterly that too many people, a surprising 30,000, had demonstrated in “his” city streets on March 29 with a pro-immigrant march on Sen. Jon Kyl's office.
April 10: What an awesome day
Reports, insights and photos by People's Weekly World volunteer writers from Arizona, Indiana, Connecticut, California, and Texas writing about the historic April 10 National Day of Action for Immigration Justice.
Immigrant rights demo stresses family, values
OAKLAND, Calif. – This city’s International Boulevard was a sea of white shirts and American flags April 10 as thousands marched more than nine miles from the city’s eastern border to City Hall downtown.
