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  • We are Barry Bonds

    We are Barry Bonds

    March 18, 2008 By Philip Shabecoff

    The news has been filled in recent months with stories about the surreptitious use of performance enhancing drugs by many of our sports heroes. Superstars like Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Marion Jones reportedly have used...

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  • Shipyard workers organize to stop 21st century slavery

    Shipyard workers organize to stop 21st century slavery

    March 18, 2008

    PASCAGOULA, Miss.-- More than 100 workers, carrying signs reading 'I Am A Man,' walked off the job at a Mississippi shipyard March 11 to protest conditions of slavery. Their struggle for justice comes 40 years after...

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  • UN panel finds two-tier society in U.S.

    UN panel finds two-tier society in U.S.

    March 18, 2008 By Haider Rizvi

    UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11 (IPS) - The United States government is drawing fire from international legal experts for its treatment of American Indians, Blacks, Latinos and other racial minorities.

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  • Psychologists condemn torture

    Psychologists condemn torture

    March 18, 2008 By James Thompson

    The American Psychological Association’s Council of Representatives has introduced new wording in a resolution to clarify the ethical responsibilities of psychologists in harsh interrogation techniques.

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  • Winter Soldiers offer look at reality in Iraq

    Winter Soldiers offer look at reality in Iraq

    March 18, 2008

    Soldier, Camilo Mejia, who spent nine months in prison for refusing to return to Iraq combat, appealed for an outpouring of resistance to the five-year Iraq war as the war enters its sixth year with no...

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