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The speech that moved the nation
March 26, 2008Barack Obama made a magnificent contribution to the fight against racism and for unity in his March 18 speech on race. He gave the speech after a week of racist, McCarthy-like hysteria over out-of-context snippets from...
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Paying for biofuels in your supermarket
March 26, 2008On March 12, representatives of about 80 of America's largest baking companies, representing more than 85 percent of our baking industry, marched in Washington to protest the dangerously low supplies of wheat, rye and other grains....
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World Notes: Voting for War…
March 26, 2008Canada: Troops stay in Afghanistan Canada’s Parliament voted 198-77 on March 13 to back an “Independent Panel” recommendation to continue deployment of 2,500 troops in Afghanistan until 2011. Parliament also demanded that 1,000 additional NATO soldiers...
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Millions greet Obama call for ‘perfect union’
March 26, 2008Barack Obama’s appeal to the people to join in building a “more perfect union” touched a deep chord among the American people weary of the politics of division and hate as practiced by the corporate ultra-right...
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Crucified to be resurrected: the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Jr.
March 25, 2008The experience of Dr. King encourages us to develop some appreciation for the role of the preaching of the social gospel and the Black church in the spirit of resistance within the African American community. The...
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