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  • Color-blindness in the USA

    Color-blindness in the USA

    July 27, 2007

    A 2001 study revealed that despite diversity efforts, the United States was becoming increasingly segregated both in housing and education. The study found that one in three Latino students were attending schools with a minority enrollment...

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  • Thank you, Senator McConnell

    Thank you, Senator McConnell

    July 27, 2007

    During the House and Senate debates on the Employee Free Choice Act, some of my friends got riled up by all the right-wing nuts attacking the EFCA because the Communists support it. I got a lot...

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  • LETTERS July 28

    LETTERS July 28

    July 27, 2007

    Abstinence-only flunks out I was happy too see The New York Times headline “Abstinence education faces uncertain future.” The article discussed the numerous studies showing the ineffectiveness of abstinence-only education. It talked about how states are...

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  • EDITORIAL: Whats needed for Israeli-Palestinian peace?

    EDITORIAL: Whats needed for Israeli-Palestinian peace?

    July 27, 2007

    Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Jerusalem last week in his new role as envoy for the so-called Quartet of Middle East mediators — the UN, European Union, Russia and the United States. He...

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  • EDITORIAL: Out of Iraq … when?

    EDITORIAL: Out of Iraq … when?

    July 27, 2007

    A classified plan leaked in The New York Times July 23 reveals that the Pentagon plans to keep troops in Iraq at least two more years, despite the mounting nationwide and worldwide clamor that the U.S....

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