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  • On Mart, war, peace and economic justice

    On Mart, war, peace and economic justice

    February 7, 2003

    The following is an edited version of Cuban President Fidel Castro Ruz’s Jan. 29 speech to the International Conference for World Balance, held in Havana in honor of the 150th anniversary of the birth of José...

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  • Housing crisis intensifies in Windy City

    Housing crisis intensifies in Windy City

    February 7, 2003

    CHICAGO – Mayor Richard M. Daley announced a new 10-year Plan to End Homelessness. The plan “focuses on moving the homeless into permanent housing as rapidly as possible, and providing additional social services to help resolve...

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  • NOW blasts Bush on Title IX

    NOW blasts Bush on Title IX

    February 7, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

    Washington – “In the best Orwellian tradition, the Bush administration is trying to convince us that left is right, up is down, war is peace and that its so-called Commission on Opportunity in Athletics actually cares...

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  • Protecting workers from chemicals

    Protecting workers from chemicals

    February 7, 2003 By Phil E. Benjamin

    A whole new area of occupational health is getting more attention from workers and their unions. The scientific term is Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (HP).

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  • Systemic discrimination in home ownership

    Systemic discrimination in home ownership

    February 7, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

    Home ownership is often regarded as the key to the American dream, including economic security, accumulating wealth and passing wealth on to the next generation. This is shown by the latest Survey of Consumer Finances, published...

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