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  • LETTERS

    LETTERS

    October 21, 2006

    Union addresses dropout rate The national statistics tell a terrible story: Three out of every 10 students in America who attend a public school as a ninth grader this year will drop out before completing their...

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  • EDITORIAL: White-collar crime gets judicial boost

    EDITORIAL: White-collar crime gets judicial boost

    October 21, 2006

    They are smiling in Hell these days. White-collar criminals just got another free ride from the Reagan/Bush U.S. judicial system. “Kenny Boy” Lay, the recently deceased close friend and supporter of President George W. Bush, has...

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  • The Republican record on Social Security

    The Republican record on Social Security

    October 21, 2006 By AFL-CIO

    1935: Almost all Republicans in Congress oppose the creation of Social Security. 1939: 75 percent of Republicans in Senate try to kill legislation providing Social Security benefits to dependents and survivors as well as retired workers....

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  • Americas seniors build a mighty movement

    Americas seniors build a mighty movement

    October 21, 2006

    Today a mighty groundswell of senior fightback is underway. Its effect will be felt in the November elections. Retiree leader George Kourpias recently went so far as to say, “Retirees will determine who wins the 2006...

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  • U.S. blocks medical exchange with Cuba

    U.S. blocks medical exchange with Cuba

    October 21, 2006

    It is commonly believed that the U.S. blockade against Cuba, in force for over four decades, is limited to politics and economics. Cooperation for people’s health is allowed, right? Wrong. For the second year in a...

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