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A Desire Named Streetcar
August 20, 2008As U.S. working people try to cope with job losses, housing foreclosures and evictions, runs on banks, and pain at the gasoline pump, they face one more: the crisis of mass transit. Here is the paradox:...
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Bring back the Tree Army
August 20, 2008Celebrating 75th anniversary of Civilian Conservation Corps points to job, education possibilities for today DECEPTION PASS STATE PARK, Wash. — The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) put millions of jobless youth to work planting trees, fighting forest...
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Torture victim fights for freedom
August 19, 2008Every day Mark Clements prays to God in his prison cell that one day he will be a free man. He has been incarcerated since 1981–27 years–for a crime he says he did not commit. A...
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Cubas health care: A continuing success story
August 16, 2008Health care Cuban style has many admirers. One reason is favorable statistical measures of health outcome vying with those of wealthy nations. Preventative strategies, health education, and universal access through a unique primary care system all...
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Picket line fun in the sun
August 16, 2008Jugglers, a stilt-walker, kids’ games and bright summer gear livened the scene Aug. 14 as dozens of labor activists picketed the Woodfin Suites Hotel in Emeryville, Calif. The carnival-themed demonstration organized by the East Bay Alliance...
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