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Inequality, women and the working class
March 18, 2008To be unequal is a harsh reality. We grew up in the USA under the belief system that all men are created equal. Historically, that concept was a great advance in opposition to the concept of...
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NAFTA, Obama and Clinton
March 18, 2008Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have issued statements criticizing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and calling for its renegotiation. This produced uproar. The Mexican government, which told its people that renegotiation was impossible...
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World Notes: Literacy, women’s rights, death penalty …
March 18, 2008Cuba: Literacy milestone reached Speaking to reporters, Cuban Minister of Education Luis Ignacio Gomez indicated that as of March 13 three million people worldwide have learned to read and write through the Cuban method of literacy...
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We are Barry Bonds
March 18, 2008The 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
March 18, 2008PASCAGOULA, 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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