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Venezuela to debate constitutional changes

August 15 is important in Venezuela. It’s the day Simon Bolivar dedicated himself to Venezuelan independence in 1805, the day President Hugo Chavez won a presidential recall vote by a 59 percent majority in 2004, and...

CARTOON: Coal will be mined safely

A few billion here, a few billion there

The market is up! The market is down! The speculators are losing money! Government better do something quick! Interestingly, among the loudest voices calling for the Federal Reserve to take quick action were the same voices...

Hiroshima Peace Declaration 2007: Aim for a nuclear-weapon-free world

Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba gave this speech on the morning of Aug. 6, the 62nd anniversary of the world’s first nuclear attack. It was translated by the Mainichi, Japan, Daily News. That fateful summer, 8:15. The...

LETTERS: August 25

On Conyers and impeachment I appreciated the article on John Conyers and impeachment (“A tribute and the way forward” by Joelle Fishman PWW 8/11-17). I have heard Conyers at public meetings explain that we could tie...