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Sales Tax on Food--WBHM story   Listen to the story Birmingham--With three children, Patty Hamme makes a lot of trips to the grocery store. "I try to do like every two weeks a really big shopping which may take like an hour or hour-and-a-half. But I probably go to the...

Human Trafficking Conference "A Civil Rights Violation" Human Trafficking Conference  "A Civil Rights Violation" June 11 - 12, 2008 The United States government estimates that between 800,000 and 900,000 people--mostly women and children--are trafficked each year across international borders, with...

Senate Has One More Chance to Pass Grocery Tax Written by Kimble Forrister Arise Citizens' Policy Project P. O. Box 1188 Montgomery, AL 36101 (334) 832-9060 The Alabama Senate will have one last chance to pass the grocery tax bill next Monday, May 19. On a test vote last week, the bill...

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State Programs Add Safety Net for the Poorest LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — For years, state welfare offices like the one alongside Interstate 30 have drawn the unemployed. But these days, the red-brick building here is also attracting poor, working parents with an unexpected offer: $204 a month in cash. Shelly...

Mildred Loving, 68; her landmark case made interracial marriage legal For marrying the only man she ever loved, Mildred Loving paid a price: She was arrested, convicted and banished from her home state.In the 1950s, the Commonwealth of Virginia handed down such punishments to couples whose love the state did not sanction:...

Democrats divide by race gender class It's now common wisdom that Sen. Hillary Clinton attracts older voters, women and the white working class, while Sen. Barack Obama is the go-to guy for youth, African-Americans and the elite. Retired teacher Maggie Lauria, 58, fits the mold.

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Zimbabwean Makes Case for U.S. Anti-Violence Aid By Dominique SoguelWeNews correspondent (WOMENSENEWS)--When Rep. Howard Berman, a California Democrat who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced the International Violence Against Women Act to Congress last week, Betty Makoni was...

Argentina: Food Inflation Hits People Close to Poverty Line Poverty is once again growing in Argentina, reversing the downward trend recorded since 2003, as a result of price inflation mainly affecting basic food products, analysts say. But the government’s only response, according to its critics, has been...

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