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“Five day, no way,” postal workers say!
March 25, 2013The chant came loud and clear: "Five day, no way." At the Post Office here and all across the nation, postal worker unions turned out in huge numbers.
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Bus tour solicits New Yorkers’ priorities for schools
March 22, 2013NEW YORK - After more than a decade of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's corporate restructuring of public education, a coalition of community groups hit the streets to ask New Yorkers, especially parents, what their priorities really were.
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GOP plans to litter budget with anti-environment amendments
March 22, 2013Republicans plan to attach 110 anti-environment amendments to the Senate budget bill, not merely in the interest of climate change denial, but as a way of giving gifts to big corporations.
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Today in women’s history: Anne Hutchinson banned from Bay Colony
March 22, 2013Not enough is said today about the role of women in formulating the basic beliefs we have about the nature of freedom itself.
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Achebe inspired generations of Nigerian writers
March 22, 2013Author Chinua Achebe, who revolutionized literature concerning Africa with his groundbreaking novel, "Things Fall Apart," inspired generations of African writers.
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