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Entitlement cuts are back
November 16, 2007When you hear the term “entitlement programs,” watch out. When you hear the word “bipartisan” attached to that term, doubly watch out. Given that the ultra-right Bush administration has only a year left in office, and...
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Students rally for affordable birth control
November 16, 2007NEW YORK — Dozens of New York University students, elected officials and other advocates rallied in Washington Square Park, Nov. 12, to call for restoring affordable birth control at college health centers and at family planning...
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Striking stagehands shut down Broadway
November 16, 2007NEW YORK — On Saturday, Nov. 10, this city’s “Great White Way” dimmed a bit as the lights of most Broadway theaters went dark. The theater district’s stagehands, members of Local 1 of International Alliance of...
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From Oregon to Virginia, voters reject Republican right
November 16, 2007Voters in the Nov. 6 off-year election made clear once again that they are fed up with the pro-corporate policies of the Republican right and looking for positive changes like ending the Iraq war, rooting out...
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WORLD NOTES: November 17
November 16, 2007Dominican Republic: UN report condemns racial oppression After a visit to the Dominican Republic, UN investigators Gay McDougall and Doudou Diene, the latter a special rapporteur on racism, issued a preliminary report in Geneva, Switzerland, on...
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