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Translating Arabic into injustice
February 17, 2006I have been teaching modern Middle Eastern history for more than 20 years. I’ve helped train many graduate students, some of whom have gone on to become professors at universities across the country. But one of...
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LETTERS
February 17, 2006Treat all candidates alike Your Feb. 11-17 issue lauds California Assembly Bill 583, which establishes public funding for state office. But your article didn’t mention that AB 583 requires minor party and independent candidates to get...
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To solve the energy crisis, put people before profits
February 17, 2006Statement by the Communist Party USA Prices for gasoline and diesel fuel, heating oil and natural gas have soared in the past four years, and rocketed to new highs in the last year, undermining the living...
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Band-Aids not enough: Health care system needs a profit-ectomy
February 17, 2006Recently a young family celebrated the birth of their child but soon received the sad news that the baby needed heart surgery. Their concern escalated when their health insurance company refused to pay for the surgery....
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UPWA: Pioneers in African American history
February 17, 2006Leaders of the United Packinghouse Workers of America marched in support of striking Memphis sanitation workers in April 1968, just before the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King there April 4. From left, Russell R. Lasley,...
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