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Extreme poverty up sharply among Black children
May 15, 2003The number of African-American children living in the harshest, most extreme conditions of poverty has climbed to its highest level in 23 years, according to a recent study by the Washington DC-based Children’s Defense Fund (CDF)....
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CBTU stays in the forefront
May 15, 2003“The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) has to be the lightning rod to mobilize labor to formulate actions to turn things around,” stated Lew Moye, chairman of the organization’s St. Louis chapter. Moye expects St....
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McCarthyisms stench
May 9, 2003Editorial McCarthyism’s stench The lid was pried opened this week on the Joe McCarthy archives. The files contain the transcripts of the secret proceedings conducted by Sen. Joseph McCarthy during his notorious anti-communist witch hunt in...
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Mother’s Day Proclamation of 1870
May 9, 2003Each year, every president since Woodrow Wilson has issued a Mother’s Day Proclamation. However, the original Mother’s Day Proclamation was made in 1870, unrelated to the holiday. Written by Julia Ward Howe, perhaps best known today...
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Bebel Gilberto sings
May 9, 2003Music review: Bebel Gilberto sings De Tarde, Vendo O Mar, The Sound of Brazil (Evolver)
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