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  • The necessary thing to do

    The necessary thing to do

    December 19, 2002

    On Dec. 10, I was part of a very moving and spiritually uplifting rally organized by the National Council of Churches. It was a cold morning at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza across from United Nations headquarters, but...

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  • The truth about the unjust tax cut

    The truth about the unjust tax cut

    December 19, 2002 By Marian Wright Edelman

    Americans with average incomes over a million dollars will be handed an astonishing $121 billion in tax cuts in the year 2010 alone – more than all the rest of American taxpayers combined – according to...

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  • Brazilian activist speaks to Cleveland labor

    Brazilian activist speaks to Cleveland labor

    December 19, 2002

    Brazilian political scientist Luis Fernandes was given a warm welcome by the Cleveland labor movement in his visit here Dec. 11. The visit, hosted by the Cleveland AFL-CIO Federation of Labor, included a dinner at a...

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  • Put this Canadian duo on your Christmas list

    Put this Canadian duo on your Christmas list

    December 13, 2002

    ReviewTegan and Sara, If It Was You, (Vapor Records), 2002 I’m on a mission. It’s a one-woman campaign to tell the world about two women, musicians Tegan and Sara. You’ve probably never heard them or even...

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  • Chicagoans speak out against war with Iraq

    Chicagoans speak out against war with Iraq

    December 13, 2002

    CHICAGO – As the “hawk” whipped around the corners of the Federal Plaza here in the Windy City, nipping at toes and noses alike, Dorothy Friezen held an anti-war sign at the building’s entrance as workers...

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