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Compelling film spotlights rape injustice
January 14, 2005Movie Review On Easter Eve 1991, the normalcy of 76-year-old Florence Holway’s rural life came to a shocking, abrupt end when a 25-year-old intruder broke into her home and brutally raped her. The horrifying attack marked...
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Mothers, daughters and Social Security
January 14, 2005OPINION If anyone tries to tell you that young people don’t care about Social Security, don’t believe them. Being in my 30s, I no longer consider myself “young,” but I am still a long way off...
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A national crisis needs a national solution
January 14, 2005OPINION In “Health care: beyond markets” PWW Dec. 18-24, George Silver nailed the disaster that market-driven health care has brought to our nation. He rightly condemned the “architecture of profitability,” decrying the profits and immunity from...
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How should we honor Martin Luther King?
January 14, 2005OPINION I was offered the opportunity to attend the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast in Saint Petersburg, Fla., and join members of the local Democratic Party to “honor” King. The speakers at this event never...
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Privatizing Social Security will hurt women
January 14, 2005OPINIONThese remarks were delivered at a joint press conference at the National Press Club, Dec. 16, 2004, with leaders of the AFL-CIO, NAACP and others. It’s a pleasure to be here as part of such a...
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