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April 12, 2002Giving workers a voice This year has been one of fear, uncertainty and exploitation for many Rhode Island workers. Near the end of last year, thirty-five Guatemalan dock workers at Town Dock, Inc., a fish processing...
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Editorials
April 12, 2002Zapping Medicaid beneficiaries To use a commonly accepted phrase, the 37.8 million Medicaid beneficiaries are caught between a rock and a hard place – the rock of declines in state revenue and the hard place of...
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Senate debate on ANWR set
April 5, 2002Legislation authorizing drilling for oil in the Alaska Natural Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) will top the Senate calendar when Congress returns from its Easter vacation on April 15. The Republican-controlled House passed its version of a national...
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Letters
April 5, 2002Redefinitions The article titled “Human toll in Afghanistan” (2/16) was excellent. I especially liked the quote from McDaniels about redefining what is meant by security. I am going to use this redefinition when I’m talking to...
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Editorials: No more Enrons, Wars increase deficit
April 5, 2002Editorials from April 6, 2002: No more Enrons and Bush’s war increases U.S. deficit
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