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This decision will not stand
July 13, 2007NEA vows fight for integrated schoolsPHILADELPHIA — Some 9,000 National Education Association delegates wrapped up their four-day national assembly here in an upbeat mood, determined to continue their active opposition to the Bush education agenda. Among...
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Editorial: Let the eater beware!
July 6, 2007Millions from coast to coast relaxed at barbecues this week, enjoying burgers, franks, salads and fresh fruits. Many of us, with good reason, had second thoughts as we flipped those burgers and bit into those franks...
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Editorial: Justice turned upside down
July 6, 2007President George W. Bush’s choice of July 2 — right before Independence Day — to commute former White House aide “Scooter” Libby’s prison sentence for lying and obstruction of justice carries a special irony. One of...
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Single-payer universal health care can be a reality!
July 6, 2007Workers’ Correspondence ”Of all the forms of inequality, the injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. All of us have encountered one problem or another with our...
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A little health education for FOX and CBS
July 6, 2007FOX Broadcasting and CBS reached new lows of hypocrisy and pandering to the ultra-right on reproductive rights, sex and contraception when they recently refused to air ads for condoms. Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards has offered...
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