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Letters

January 10, 2003

Peace with North Korea In a news report on National Public Radio mocking North Korea’s statement that U.S. policy was aimed at world domination and nuclear war in Korea, Eric Weiner noted that the “Stalinist regime”...

Editorials

January 10, 2003

Jobless workers win a few weeks of relief Although both combatants were standing when the battle was over, the House and Senate vote to extend the Temporary Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits for five months is a...

U.S. peace movement key to stopping Iraq war

January 10, 2003 By Susan Webb

The NAACP has reaffirmed its opposition to a U.S. war against Iraq, with a statement urging “ solutions that offer peace over resolutions that end in war.”

Bush plans $ 600 billion gift to rich

January 10, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

The battle over how best to boost a sagging economy became a matter of public debate last week with Democrats in the House of Representatives and President Bush introducing competing plans.

Ashcroft under fire for mass detentions

January 10, 2003

Angered by the detention of 400 Iranian, Arab and Muslim men and boys who went voluntarily to register with INS in Los Angeles Dec. 18, lawmakers and civil rights groups are blasting Attorney General John Ashcroft...