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The disappearing jobs of summer
September 13, 2002This summer in New Haven, Conn., my neighborhood block watch held a meeting in response to a series of car break-ins. The police lieutenant told us he talked with 16 kids who were likely to cause...
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Workers flush restrictive bathroom policy
September 13, 2002Workers at the Jim Beam Distillery have backed the company down from its policy that restricted toilet breaks for workers on the bottling line at its Bullitt County, Ky., bourbon distillery. The workers and union there...
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Black farmers picket USDA
September 13, 2002About 100 African-American farmers picketed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington Aug. 22 to protest stalling on delivery of restitution payments for thousands of Black farmers who were denied government crop loans because they...
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International notes
September 13, 2002Britain: Broad opposition to Iraq strike / Kenya: Police attack protesting teachers / Indonesia: Court orders trade union leaders to pay $2.34 million / France: Union says 35-hour workweek at risk
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Corporate crime goes unpunished in Bhopal
September 13, 2002NEW DELHI – It started in the middle of the night on Dec. 2, 1984. That was the fateful night when poisonous methyl isocyanate (MIC) spread as a deadly blanket over the city from the rusty...
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