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Shades of Green: August 23

One of the greatest stories of all times The Memphis sanitation workers strike remembered

BOOK REVIEW Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign. By Michael K. Honey. W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 2007, 623 pp. SAN FRANCISCO — Fortieth anniversary events this year have highlighted...

LETTERS: August 23

Georgia-Russia-South Ossetia Re: “An August surprise, Georgia-Russia conflict explodes on world scene.” Russia, like the United States, is an aggressor. Until South Ossetia is officially no longer part of Georgia, neither the U.S. nor Russia should...

Editorial: The Paris Hilton compromise

In her response to John McCain’s use of her name and image to attack Barack Obama in a recent TV ad, Paris Hilton proposed an interesting energy policy: combine new offshore oil drilling with serious investment...

Editorial: Some questions for the GOP

Fifteen thousand members of the press are covering the historic events at the Democratic Party convention in Denver. Next week the same number will cover the Republican convention in the Twin Cities. After Denver, many of...