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  • Illegal immigrants, or undocumented ones?

    Illegal immigrants, or undocumented ones?

    January 11, 2008 By Barb Kucera

    Minneapolis artist Ricardo Levins has a bumper sticker that reads, “An injury to Juan is an injury to Al.” In a lighthearted way, that twist on the classic labor motto captures the meaning behind a resolution...

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  • EDITORIAL: Igniting a prairie fire

    EDITORIAL: Igniting a prairie fire

    January 11, 2008

    Wow! 2008 has started with a bang that has taken our breath away. After the long, cold winter of our discontent, with the most extreme, reactionary agenda taking over the levers of government, spring is within...

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  • Letters: Jan. 12, 2008

    Letters: Jan. 12, 2008

    January 11, 2008

    New Year’s greeting Unfortunately I am now totally blind, and am not able to do any more than to dictate this to you: A happy new year to you and all our comrades. Celia and I...

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  • The murder of Bhutto: Cold War fallout

    The murder of Bhutto: Cold War fallout

    January 11, 2008 By Norman Markowitz

    The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan last month has a direct relationship to the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, the subject of “Charlie Wilson’s War,” the Hollywood “comedy” in which a corrupt congressman and...

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  • Getting to the root of Kenyas conflict

    Getting to the root of Kenyas conflict

    January 11, 2008

    The sitting president, Mwai Kibaki, supported by an entrenched ruling class, faces masses of ordinary Kenyans who voted for Raila Odinga, the popularly-named “people’s president” who they believe was denied victory in elections on Dec. 27....

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