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Nichols, John | January 31, 2000 issue

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The article reports on grassroots activism around the U.S. The author states that no longer content to cast lonely "no" votes on bills that extend the federal death penalty, Senator Russ Feingold introduced the Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act. The author also reports that San Francisco activist Dick Pabich died on New Year's Day. He helped build the groundbreaking coalition that made Harvey Milk California's first openly gay man elected official. The article also reports that Ida Terkel of Chicago, Illinois, who died in December rarely, missed protests against war, poverty and other ills.

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SOCIAL movements; ACTIVISM; CAPITAL punishment; GAY men; PUBLIC officers; DEATH; TERKEL, Ida; FEINGOLD, Russell; PABICH, Dick
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