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Disengaging from peace
August 26, 2005Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s much touted Disengagement Plan from Gaza and small portions of the West Bank focuses the world’s attention on the tug-of-war between the Israeli army and the Israeli settler movement. At the...
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Christmas in August for big energy
August 26, 2005“Every industry gets their own little program. There’s pork in there for everybody.” — Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, quoted in the July 29 Washington Post. “It’s Christmas in August for big energy, and...
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An appreciation of John H. Johnson
August 26, 2005Ebony and Jet have been decorating the furniture in African American living rooms and offices for many years. John H. Johnson, one of the wealthiest African Americans in the country and founder of Ebony, Jet and...
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LETTERS
August 26, 2005LETTERS Paul Robeson stamp After a long struggle, the U.S. Postal Service finally issued the Paul Robeson stamp in 2004. Today it is no longer available for purchase. At the postal store you can get the...
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EDITORIAL: Support the Northwest Airline strikers
August 26, 2005“If we had only stopped them at PATCO” became a common labor refrain in the union-busting years of the Reagan administration. Most in labor will now acknowledge that the lack of full labor solidarity was a...
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