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Vote or die is no joke
October 29, 2004The phrase “Vote or Die” is a favorite among young voters and meant to get them to the polls. For health care activists, this is not an empty phrase but a grim reality. The policies of...
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Deadly combination vaccine production at mercy of profit-based system
October 29, 2004Every year the flu virus kills approximately 36,000 people in the United States. This year health analysts are saying that the extent of the damage will depend on whether the available vaccine will get to those...
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Bush vs. Kerry on job growth
October 29, 2004If you are like most working people in the U.S. today, your job security has never, it seems, been shakier. Never mind the huge job losses under Bush’s watch: whole careers, entire trades, have been swept...
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Housing discrimination alive and well in Alameda
October 29, 2004A series of tests with pairs of Black and white investigators has revealed a high level of housing discrimination against African Americans in the city of Alameda, Calif., the nonprofit organization Sentinel Fair Housing said last...
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International notes
October 29, 2004South Africa: Corporate pay hikes ‘shock’ unions Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) spokesman Patrick Craven said last week that the union federation is “appalled” by the revelations of business executives’ soaring pay last year,...
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