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EDITORIAL: Cuba stands tall
July 28, 2006On July 26, 1953, small bands of militants attacked two Cuban Army installations in eastern Cuba. Most of the young revolutionaries were tortured and killed. The survivors went on to oust the U.S.-backed Batista dictatorship. July...
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EDITORIAL: A civil rights milestone
July 28, 2006It has been 14 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) went into effect. When the ADA was passed by Congress and signed into law in 1990, it was hailed as a major victory that...
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Time to end the Republican war on science
July 28, 2006WASHINGTON — “The Republican War on Science,” a best-selling book by Chris Mooney, exposes the multipronged offensive by the Bush-Cheney administration and the Republican Party to twist science to their right-wing agenda.. These modern-day “Know Nothings”...
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Prescription politics: Surge in drug prices follows Republican Medicare Part D program
July 28, 2006Two recent studies have shown that prescription drug prices rose significantly during the first quarter of the year. AARP, an advocacy organization for older Americans, found that the prices charged by pharmaceutical companies for brand-name drugs...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
July 28, 2006IRS fires estate tax auditors There’s more than one way to skin a cat. National Treasury Employees Union activist Sharyn Phillips, a veteran IRS estate tax lawyer, told The New York Times that the Bush administration’s...
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