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  • Tragedy of Iraq war vets: Re-enlisting in the Grand Army of the Poor

    Tragedy of Iraq war vets: Re-enlisting in the Grand Army of the Poor

    March 4, 2005

    OPINION According to a Feb. 8 Christian Science Monitor report by Alexandra Marks, “The number of homeless vets is rising, in part because of high housing costs and gaps in pay.” A picture in the Feb....

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  • Caring about women and babies

    Caring about women and babies

    March 4, 2005

    OPINION I recently heard Don Sloan talk about his book on his perspectives on women’s reproductive choices after several decades’ worth of experiences as a doctor who performs abortions. It prompted me to make the following...

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  • LETTERS

    LETTERS

    March 4, 2005

    Asbestos victims and ‘tort reform’ I have just read your article concerning frivolous lawsuits (“Tort reform means victims can’t sue,” PWW 2/26-3/4). My husband passed away from lung cancer, related to asbestos exposure, and I don’t...

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  • EDITORIALS

    EDITORIALS

    March 4, 2005

    Women: Image and reality As Women’s History Month gets under way, starting with International Women’s Day, March 8, women in the U.S. both celebrate and debate. We have women as secretary of state and secretary of...

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  • Honor voting rights martyrs with deeds

    Honor voting rights martyrs with deeds

    March 4, 2005 By Tim Wheeler

    Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner. The names of the three civil rights martyrs still ring like a bell four decades after they disappeared in Neshoba County, Mississippi, June 21, 1964. Their deaths, together with the violence inflicted...

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