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Hopeful signs on public education
April 8, 2005As a former teacher, I follow education news with great interest. Recently, I’ve had reason to feel hope for the future of public education in this country. The contradictions in ruling-class ideology are showing. While the...
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Gunner Palace: Cinema vrit misses the mark
April 8, 2005Deciding to see “Gunner Palace,” a documentary about U.S. troops in Iraq, is a little like buying a luscious red apple in wintertime. You bite in with high hopes but immediately experience something pulpy and tasteless....
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Happy birthday, Paul Robeson
April 8, 2005April 9 is the 107th birthday of one of the foremost African Americans of the 20th century — Paul Robeson.
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Poet donates fee to Colombian unions
April 8, 2005The Coca-Cola Co. provided $1,200 to bring poet Martin Espada to Kansas University on March 10. Espada, a Latino poet who has published seven collections, plans to donate the money to a union for workers at...
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Breaking the silence on the war
April 8, 2005PHILADELPHIA — The “Break the Silence Bus Tour” arrived here April 5. The tour, which is dedicated to speaking out for peace, began the day before, on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination,...
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