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The April unemployment report: No spring flowers here
May 10, 2002Two sets of recently released government data present a contradictory picture of the state of the nation’s economy. On the one hand, the Commerce Department reports that the economy expanded at an annual rate of 5.8...
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Illinois students fired up over funding cuts
May 10, 2002CHICAGO – At a spirited rally here May 2, several hundred mostly college students, gathered at the State of Illinois building to protest cuts in education funding proposed by the Illinois state legislature. The legislature wants...
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Housing: Key component in public health
May 10, 2002The May issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) carries an excellent discussion on the origins of efforts to improve the health for people in the U.S., which stemmed in part from the popularity...
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Building movements at the grassroots
May 10, 2002Grassroots and rank and file organizing is at the very essence of the process of social change, CPUSA National Organization Secretary Elena Mora told the CPUSA National Committee (NC) in February. Communists aren’t the only ones...
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Baggage screeners rally for jobs
May 10, 2002SAN FRANCISCO – A crowd of more than 1,000 baggage screeners and their allies gathered at a school auditorium near San Francisco’s airport to demand job security for the screeners whose jobs are threatened by the...
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