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  • Editorial: Save Social Security from Wall Streets clutches

    Editorial: Save Social Security from Wall Streets clutches

    August 12, 2005

    Aug. 14 marks the 70th anniversary of Social Security — our country’s most effective anti-poverty program. But what should be a joyous celebration of the New Deal’s greatest achievement must instead be a time to step...

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  • From Emmett Till to Harold Washington: Arlene Brigham: foot soldier for equality

    From Emmett Till to Harold Washington: Arlene Brigham: foot soldier for equality

    August 12, 2005 By John Bachtell

    CHICAGO — Arlene Brigham’s eyes still blaze when she talks about Emmett Till. At 88 years old she can still vividly recall the pain and outrage surrounding the lynching of the 14-year-old African American on Aug....

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  • Atkins introduces low-cash diet

    Atkins introduces low-cash diet

    August 12, 2005

    Free ketchup, mustard packets dominate new weight-loss program Two days after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., said today that although its low-carb diet had lost its luster, the company was introducing what it...

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  • Looming AIDS funding crisis

    Looming AIDS funding crisis

    August 12, 2005

    Federal AIDS funding is dangerously inadequate and doesn’t look like it will improve soon. This year 20,000 new cases are expected to be newly diagnosed. But instead of increasing funding, the Bush administration unveiled a proposal...

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  • Autoworkers rally: Union in, scabs out

    Autoworkers rally: Union in, scabs out

    August 12, 2005

    LIVONIA, Mich. — “Union in, scabs out,” shouted 600 UAW members from Ford, GM, Daimler-Chrysler and auto parts supplier plants as they marched to the Hercules Drawn Steel plant in this Detroit suburb July 28. Jimmy...

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