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Untold heroes who fought for freedom
January 25, 2008BOOK REVIEWBound For Canaan, The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of AmericaBy Fergus M. Bordewich Amistad, 2005 Hardcover, 560 pp, $18.45 “Bound For Canaan, The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul...
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Oscar buzz for Juno
January 25, 2008MovieREVIEWJunoDirected by Jason Reitman Written by Diablo Cody Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2007 96 min., PG-13 “Juno,” directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody, along with the casting, allows the characters to breathe real life...
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Climate change: whats the problem?
January 25, 2008“There’s no precedent in history for the radically new relationship between humanity and the planet,” Al Gore told the 180-nation conference on climate change in Bali, Indonesia, in December. Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
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LETTERS: Jan. 26
January 25, 2008Cost of war What taxpayers are spending for the Iraq war this year: $155.5 billion. What $155.5 billion could pay for: health care for 44,330,909 people. Source: National Priorities Project Torture This is a highly tardy...
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EDITORIAL: Winds of change
January 25, 2008This past week, we commemorated two landmarks in our nation’s long march toward full equality and democracy — the 79th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, civil rights leader and champion of workers and all oppressed...
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