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Cuba survives third major hurricane, this time Paloma
November 19, 2008Aida Perez, 44 years old, was waiting out Hurricane Paloma with her two daughters in a dormitory at the University of Camaguey inland, along with 900 others from Santa Cruz del Sur, a small city on...
Read moreStuds Terkel, an Everyman who loved people
November 19, 2008TUCSON -- I’ve been listening to various tributes about Studs Terkel, and, because he’s someone I met a few times and thought very highly of, I wanted to take a minute to make my own. I’m...
Read moreWorld unions: Time for a global economic fix is now
November 18, 2008Unions representing workers in the 20 most economically powerful nations called on world leaders Nov. 14 to take urgent action to prevent a global depression by radically changing the way the global economy is run and...
Read moreLost Thunder: BLM preparing to execute 30,000 wild horses
November 18, 2008The 30,000 wild horses on Death Row are nearly out of appeals. They were condemned by the Government Accounting Office just in time for Veteran's Day - a profoundly cynical act when you consider that countless...
Read moreLast minute Bush push threatens workers, consumers and environment
November 18, 2008The Bush administration is in a midnight frenzy, churning out a stream of regulations designed to cement its right-wing legacy of damage to the environment and attacks on workers and consumers. If successful, a virtual dream...
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