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What does supporting our troops mean?
April 18, 2003Opinion Recently there has been a spate of hateful responses to people who expressed opposition to the unjust war in Iraq. Opposition has been equated to not supporting our troops in the field. This is absolutely...
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Who was César Chavez?
April 18, 2003Opinion “César Chávez? Oh, yeah, wasn’t he a great boxer?” This is an all too common answer to the question, “Who was César Chávez?” César Estrada Chávez was a Mexican American labor leader, civil rights activist...
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100th anniversary of The Souls of Black Folk
April 18, 2003Opinion This is the centennial year of the publication of Dr. W.E.B. DuBois’ classic The Souls of Black Folk, first published April 18, 1903. The centennial takes place at a time when the Bush administration has...
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Might doesnt make right
April 18, 2003Opinion With U.S. troops seizing control of Baghdad, a triumphant and self-congratulatory mood is enveloping the Bush administration. Bush is aglow as the self-appointed liberator and champion of a democratic Iraq and Middle East while Rumsfeld...
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Letters
April 18, 200321st century propaganda The U.S. military, in collusion with the compliant corporate media, reported that the statue of Saddam Hussein was toppled by Iraqis. No, it wasn’t. The up close documentation of the statue being destroyed...
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