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EDITORIAL: No Pace
March 23, 2007The firestorm over anti-gay remarks by the top U.S. military officer continues to reverberate around the country. Statements to the Chicago Tribune earlier this month by Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,...
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EDITORIAL: Housing bubble criminals
March 23, 2007Economists are warning that a crisis is looming in the home mortgage industry that could eclipse the bursting of the dot.com bubble and the Enron and WorldCom bankruptcies seven years ago. It has the potential of...
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Guest workers fired after protesting slave conditions
March 23, 2007Hundreds of guest workers from India are protesting conditions in a Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard that immigrant rights activists compare to slavery. Many of the workers gathered in a church on March 11 in this Gulf Coast...
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Cuban 5 gain solidarity, respect
March 23, 2007They are in U.S. jails for well over eight years, yet international support for the Cuban Five is growing. Their story highlights U.S. hypocrisy, and the example they provide of dedication to principle has gained increasing...
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Mayor Bloombergs demolition derby for New Yorks public schools
March 23, 2007With the Bush administration under fire from all directions, even his “signature” education bill, No Child Left Behind, is losing support, including from Republicans. NCLB has produced a huge shift towards standardized testing, using test scores...
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