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Educators call for school funding as key stimulus ingredient
January 9, 2009The American Federation of Teachers, National Education Association and American Association of School Administrators are urging Congress and President-elect Obama to ensure education funding is part of the 2009 stimulus package. “Even in these tough economic...
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WORLD NOTES: January 17
January 9, 2009Peru: Witchhunt builds Late last month Judge Omar Pimentel ruled that 13 labor and leftist political leaders would be confined to their homes during a 15-day investigation period. They included Renan Raffo Munoz, head of the...
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Introducing 2008 Progie nominees
January 9, 2009The newly formed James Agee Cinema Circle has announced this year’s nominations for the Progie Awards honoring the best in progressive cinema. The group is named after the noted playwright, author and longtime writer for The...
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Editorial: Time for a change on Cuba
January 9, 2009Among the new opportunities that the election of a new president and Congress brings us is to end once and for all the vicious U.S. economic blockade and travel ban imposed on Cuba nearly 50 years...
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Editorial: Peoples business cant wait
January 9, 2009President-elect Obama’s now oft-repeated refrain that “the people’s business can’t wait” is becoming more obvious every day. The crashing of overloaded electronic unemployment filing systems in many parts of the country underlines again the urgency of...
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