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Holding a Mirror to America: A conversation with John Hope Franklin
December 9, 2005Acclaimed historian Dr. John Hope Franklin spoke recently at the University of Chicago on his life experience as a scholar, an activist and a person. The talk, facilitated by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, covered Franklin’s personal...
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Nagin campaign breaks new ground
December 9, 2005News Analysis CLEVELAND — Rick Nagin’s campaign in the Cleveland City Council primary this October, while not successful, broke new ground for labor and its allies and contributed decisively to a progressive victory in the final...
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Letter from Cuba: the two faces of Katrina
December 9, 2005I’ve been following New Orleans and all the other lesser-known communities along the coast which have been devastated because of deliberate neglect by a government that has forgotten how to be, if it ever was, a...
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The real New Orleans disaster wasnt natural
December 9, 2005When Hurricane Katrina tore up the roof of my house, it didn’t care that I’m Black. My white neighbors, like my Black neighbors, saw trees fall on their homes and saw their refrigerators rot and mold....
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Letters
December 9, 2005Steinbrenner tramples parks The spirit and energy of Rosa Parks in refusing to give up her seat on the bus lives on right now in the Bronx where the community is fighting to keep its park...
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