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  • Editorials

    Editorials

    November 19, 2004

    Giving thanks As we sit down to our turkey dinner on Thanksgiving Day, we should give thanks to the thousands of volunteers who went door to door in a mighty effort to register and get voters...

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  • B.D. Amis, Black Communist and labor leader

    B.D. Amis, Black Communist and labor leader

    November 19, 2004 By Barry D. Amis

    While little known today, during the late 1920s and the 1930s, B.D. Amis was one of a small cadre of African Americans leading the fight for workers’ rights and racial justice. Urbane in demeanor and a...

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  • Dr. Frists Tennessee brings up the rear

    Dr. Frists Tennessee brings up the rear

    November 19, 2004 By Phil E. Benjamin

    A new report from the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and the Partners for Prevention has found that Tennessee, the home base of Republican Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, ranks 48 out of...

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  • Many positives in N.Y. elections

    Many positives in N.Y. elections

    November 19, 2004

    NEW YORK — New York State had some interesting election races, with results that could lead to a state legislature that addresses the most important issues facing working people. These include a new formula for public...

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  • October jobs report: Bush job flop gets blip

    October jobs report: Bush job flop gets blip

    November 19, 2004

    Republicans are celebrating the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report showing 337,000 new jobs created in October.

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