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Unity will bring victory
May 10, 2008The one message voters are sending with the unprecedented upsurge in the primary turnouts is that they are determined to turn the page on 35 years of ultra-right control of their destinies. They want a president...
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The right to vote
May 10, 2008Last week’s Supreme Court decision allowing states to require a photo ID to be able to vote is a big step in the wrong direction. At the founding of our country, the right to vote was...
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Thinking globally about food
May 10, 2008A billion people are at risk of starvation this year, according to United Nations estimates on the impact of rapidly rising food prices. Over half the increase is in major U.S. agricultural commodities like corn (heavily...
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At Bush-Calderon-Harper summit Security, prosperity for whom?
May 10, 2008NewsAnalysis Last month’s summit in New Orleans brought together President Bush, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, all right wingers, for the fourth meeting of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of the...
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After elections, Nepal searches for a unified path forward
May 10, 2008The surprise results of Nepal’s elections are now giving way to the next, perhaps more challenging, step of piecing together a coalition to write a new constitution and move toward abolishing the monarchy. In the recent...
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