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  • Guantanamo disgrace

    Guantanamo disgrace

    June 16, 2006

    “No question,” President Bush said June 14, “Guantanamo sends, you know, a signal to some of our friends — provides an excuse, for example, to say, ‘The United States is not upholding the values that they’re...

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  • Jesús Colón: A Puerto Rican in New York

    Jesús Colón: A Puerto Rican in New York

    June 16, 2006 By Jesús Colón

    Two excerpts from “A Puerto Rican in New York and Other Sketches” by acclaimed author, newspaperman, activist, and communist Jesús Colón (1901-1974).

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  • Conservatives favor purity over cancer vaccine

    Conservatives favor purity over cancer vaccine

    June 16, 2006

    On June 8 the Food and Drug Administration approved a vaccine for the human papillomavirus (HPV). The vaccine appears to be 100 percent effective at protecting against the most prevalent viruses that cause cervical cancer. While...

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  • THISWEEKINLABOR

    THISWEEKINLABOR

    June 16, 2006

    Ohio unions pushing workers’ comp restoration vote TOLEDO — Ohio unionists are seeking signatures for a referendum this fall to reverse the drastic cuts the GOP-run Legislature and GOP Gov. Bob Taft made in workers’ compensation....

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  • Wall Streets enforcer

    Wall Streets enforcer

    June 16, 2006 By Art Perlo

    Bush’s first treasury secretary, Paul O’Neill, was fired for not toeing the administration line. The second, John Snow, toed the line too closely.

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