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Racism: Look whos talking
June 12, 2009Right-wing commentators and politicians have been railing against racism. Have they finally seen the folly of their ways? Are they criticizing their fellow right-wingers for spreading racist pollution via talk shows and corporate suites? Sadly, no....
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BOOK REVIEW: Painting, poetry and song combine for breathtaking read
June 12, 2009BOOKREVIEW Wandering Star Translated by C. Dickson Curbstone Press, 2008, 360 pp. If a Romare Bearden painting, a Pablo Neruda poem and a Billie Holiday blues song were by means of an arcane alchemy combined to...
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COMMENTARY Holocaust Museum, Dr. Tiller: Janet Napolitano saw it coming
June 12, 2009When President Obama’s new Homeland Security chief, Janet Napolitano, issued a report in early April that warned law enforcement bodies in the U.S. about the dangers of a potential rise in “right-wing extremist activity,” Republicans and...
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Rally at Wells Fargo: Save jobs and homes now!
June 12, 2009CHICAGO – Dozens of people rallied at the downtown Wells Fargo bank here June 11, including a caravan of Quad City Die Casting workers demanding the bank restore credit to their Moline, Ill. factory, which is...
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Obama admin. announces new mountaintop mining policy
June 12, 2009Taking aim at mountaintop removal mining, this week, the Obama administration announced a new effort to strengthen federal oversight of the practice and to punish mining companies who fail to protect the environment. The new policy...
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