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The role of the left in these elections
August 27, 2004It was no surprise to me that virtually everyone I met during a recent three-week trip across the Midwest was quick to remind me that this election is the most important in their lifetime. While agreeing...
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Letters
August 27, 2004Republican convention Today in Tucson, 8/29/04 Freedom of speech stands on the street in boldface, alliteration and rhyme SIGN UP (while syllables stressed and unstressed dressed in camouflage count off in mindless cadence) SLOGANS floating on...
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Editorials
August 27, 2004Safeguard the vote In 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer made her famous, “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired” speech at the Democratic Party Convention. She called for the seating of the integrated Mississippi Freedom...
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In health care, class counts
August 27, 2004People’s health has to do with social class. But the keepers of official U.S. statistics, alone among their kind in the industrialized world, make no use of class in analyzing health data. Class counts. That’s a...
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Philadelphia teachers resisting givebacks
August 27, 2004News Analysis PHILADELPHIA — With only days remaining in the contract between the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT) and the Philadelphia School District, a settlement on a new contract seems remote. After spending five months in...
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