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Look at police brutalitys history
April 2, 2004The title, “Street Justice:A History of Police Violence in New York City,” says it all. Police brutality is an integral part of law enforcement history in the United States. Marilynn S. Johnson uses the history of...
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Pinocchios nose and the lie factory
April 2, 2004Opinion Many years ago, Italian children’s author Carlo Collodi wrote a story about a wooden marionette, Pinocchio. This story comes to mind when people lie repeatedly – like Pinocchio, we imagine their noses growing as the...
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A heroic defense and a cruel system
April 2, 2004Opinion The Southern California grocery strikers are true working-class heroes. Seventy thousand held fast to their strike over four and a half months, a remarkable achievement in the current “jobless recovery.” Many had to find other...
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Violence home grown
April 2, 2004Opinion National Alliance. Has a positive ring to it, right? But as other organizations with similar all embracing title themes, the National Alliance (not to be confused with the National Alliance Against Racial and Political Repression)...
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Faith, labor and community still say NO to war
April 2, 2004Opinion The following is adapted from a speech at a March 20 antiwar gathering at Chicago Methodist Temple. Insofar as we are meeting in a house of worship, I would like to begin with a little...
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