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The struggle for inclusion
April 22, 2005In his book “No Pity: Individuals with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement,” Joseph Shapiro tells the story of Evan Kemp Jr., the former chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), who left his...
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Arnolds lies: enough to make you lose your lunch
April 22, 2005Arnold Schwarzenegger famously enjoys eating lunch, often at the fanciest restaurants in town. But he is hell-bent on ensuring that California workers don’t get to eat lunch at all. Why? To benefit big corporate contributors who...
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Women under fire
April 22, 2005During the 2004 election, class and race deeply cut into easy generalizations about “the women’s vote.” White women were the largest electoral bloc, with 41 percent of the vote, and swung towards Bush in the largest...
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Letters
April 22, 2005On John Paul and Benedict Millions mourned the death of Pope John Paul II. The grief was felt hard in my home city of Chicago with its large Polish community. As a Polish-American Catholic, I still...
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Editorials
April 22, 2005Just do your job When a woman walks into pharmacy she expects the druggist to fill the prescription. But one Chicago woman was stunned to find a pharmacist that refused to fill her prescription for contraceptives....
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