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Health of U.S. children gets failing grade
June 20, 2003Opinion In the annual “Report Card on Children’s Health” released by the American Health Foundation, the U.S. received a “D” rating for its children’s health, down from a “C” last year. Here we are, not talking...
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Reform the Rockefeller Drug Laws
June 20, 2003Opinion May was the 30th anniversary of the New York state legislature’s enactment of the so-called Rockefeller Drug Laws. Proposed by Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, the “get-tough” laws were supposed to solve the burgeoning drug and...
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Take back America with hope, not fear
June 20, 2003Opinion As the deceptions of the Bush administration hit home, anger is turning into organizing throughout the country. A new movement is being born, based on hope not fear. The “Take Back America” conference held in...
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Letters
June 20, 2003Change U.S. foreign policy The war is, for the most part, over. Iraq has been “liberated,” the country is in a shambles, but Halliburton is on hand to rebuild. With apparently overwhelming public support, why were...
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Editorials
June 20, 2003UN blue helmets needed in Israel, Palestine The death of American peace activist, Rachel Corrie, run over by an Israeli army bulldozer Mar. 16 as she attempted to stop the destruction of a Palestinian home in...
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