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  • César Châvez Day in a time of nativism

    César Châvez Day in a time of nativism

    April 9, 2004

    Opinion In a preview of his new book “Who Are We: The Challenges to America’s National Identity,” Harvard professor Samuel P. Huntington writes: “The persistent inflow of Hispanic immigrants threatens to divide the United States into...

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  • Letters

    Letters

    April 9, 2004

    Spoiler syndrome can be cured The debate about Ralph Nader as a spoiler (“Nader’s disastrous decision to run in 2004,” PWW 3/6-12) centers around the “Nader effect” in 2000. Ross Perot “spoiled” the chances of Bush...

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  • Editorials

    Editorials

    April 9, 2004

    The cruelest lie As fierce fighting rages in Iraq, popular agitation – in both the U.S. and Iraq – about the illegal U.S. war and occupation has reached a boiling point. One thing is clear: U.S....

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  • Gentle Giant

    Gentle Giant

    April 9, 2004

    At 79, he has outlived his most outspoken critics and several spans of public scorn. Most of those who know his name today are activists or labor liberals – and they have only praise for him,...

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  • Mad cows and sick chickens: capitalism and the food supply

    Mad cows and sick chickens: capitalism and the food supply

    April 9, 2004 By Annie Fox

    Are you becoming afraid of the grocery store? If you are, it’s no wonder. Mad cow disease, avian flu, and mercury in salmon are the latest dangers to our food supply.

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