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March 11, 2005No compromise on Social Security o far, Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate have maintained a solid front in opposition to President George W. Bush’s plan to privatize Social Security. With overwhelming support of their...
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Remembering those who serve A tribute to Americas food-and-beverage workers
March 11, 2005“Everybody can be great because everybody can serve.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It’s 8 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning, and Rich Edwards, a wine steward at L’Auberge de Sedona restaurant in Arizona, kisses his son...
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Powerful drugs endanger unprotected health workers
March 11, 2005As an oncologist, I was troubled to read “What if the Cure is also a Cause?” in the Feb. 15 edition of the Washington Post. Improving workplace safety and strengthening the regulatory system designed to protect...
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Renegade boss makes ditch diggers boil
March 11, 2005William Z. Foster ran for U.S. president on the Communist Party ticket three times: 1924, 1928 and 1932. Before he joined the Communist Party, he was active in the IWW, the Industrial Workers of the World....
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No way to run the economy
March 11, 2005Paul Krugman, a New York Times economics columnist, warned recently that the Bush administration’s policies are making a deep economic crisis more likely. Now the chief economist of one of the world’s most prestigious banks says...
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