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  • Whos watching our backs?

    Whos watching our backs?

    March 16, 2007

    Forty-five dollars for a six-pack of Pepsi; $99 to wash a load of clothes. You’d have to be crazy to pay such prices. Right? Wrong. This is what Halliburton has been charging in Iraq. Soldiers interviewed...

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  • LETTERS

    LETTERS

    March 16, 2007

    Not with my money!This is a copy of the letter I sent to my Bank, SunTrust, regarding their policy of financing the Coca-Cola Company. I submit this with the hope that some of your other readers...

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  • EDITORIAL: Mistakes were made

    EDITORIAL: Mistakes were made

    March 16, 2007

    “Mistakes were made,” intoned Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, attempting to explain away the mass firing of eight U.S. Attorneys last year. The real reason was not their job performance but rather their failure to display sufficient...

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  • Life and times of Claudia Jones: Telling herstory

    Life and times of Claudia Jones: Telling herstory

    March 16, 2007

    Claudia Jones (1915–1964), an Afro-Caribbean woman born in Port of Spain, British West Indies (Trinidad), was a Communist activist in the U.S., holding several responsible positions within the Communist Party and for its publications until her...

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  • Continuing Crystal Eastmans work

    Continuing Crystal Eastmans work

    March 16, 2007

    Workers Memorial Day is a day to remember those who have been injured or died on the job, and to renew the fight for safe workplaces. This year the Allegheny County Labor Council, in Pittsburgh, Pa.,...

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