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Book review: Moshe Lewin’s “The Soviet Century”
September 3, 2013About Stalinism, Lewin strongly makes the point that while Stalin's tenure from the mid 1920s to the early 1950s represented a significant portion of Soviet history it did not represent all of it.
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Sequester sends San Jose, Calif., rents through roof
September 3, 2013Some 17,000 tenants on the Federal Section 8 housing program in Santa Clara County recently received rent hikes of 10 percent or more. The area has very nearly the highest housing cost of any place in...
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Rim Fire the latest record-breaker in year of unrelenting disasters
September 3, 2013As the changing climate continues to trigger disaster and disruption, California's Rim Fire, which has burned 235,841 acres, is the latest to be added to this year's list of brushfires.
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Tell Congress today: Vote “no” on Syria war
September 3, 2013Will we send a powerful message to senators and representatives this week telling them to vote "no" on any U.S. attack against Syria? We must take up the challenge and act now.
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Calif. prison hunger strike nears two-month mark
September 3, 2013The strikers' core demands include ending long-term solitary confinement and group punishment, and offering SHU inmates more constructive programs and activities.
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