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The Thrill and the Agony This week in sports by Chas Walker
December 5, 2003Giving thanks for touchdowns In many households, football is as much a part of the Thanksgiving tradition as is turkey. Sitting down to watch Thursday’s games gives us the chance to bond with (or in some...
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Pickets cross Borders
December 5, 2003ANN ARBOR, Mich. – “We will stay on strike until Borders [bookstores] bargains in good faith,” say striking workers affiliated with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 876 on the picket line at Borders’ number...
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John Donahue, fighter for the homeless
December 5, 2003John Donahue, the executive director of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, died on Nov. 17. Donahue – known to his many friends as Juancho – was hospitalized at Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was...
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Corporate Americas dirty secret
December 5, 2003“Keeping up with the Dow Joneses: Debt, Prison, Workfare,” By Vijay Prashad. South End Press, 2003, Softcover, 214 pp., $17.00. Over the years, Vijay Prashad, a professor at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., has established himself...
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Documentaries speak truth to power
December 5, 2003Toronto Film Festival 2003 – part 3 As mentioned in my last column, the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival provided a wealth of excellent documentaries for progressive film enthusiasts. While this reviewer was unable to see...
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