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Buffalo Creek disaster: A crime by any other name
March 8, 2002Jeffrey Reiman, in The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison points out that when coal companies intentionally design disasters, these intentional acts are called an “accident” or a “tragedy.” The label “mass murder” is...
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War on terrorism spreads to Philippines
March 8, 2002The injection of U.S. combat troops into the Philippines, ostensibly to train the Philippine army in a minor conflict with a small rebel Muslim group, is meeting with broad opposition from Filipino people. They condemn it...
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Editorials
March 8, 2002Saudi plan: A chance to end the killing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, known in Israel as the “Butcher of Lebanon,” has his own plan to bring “peace” to the West Bank and Gaza: – physically...
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Theres work at the retread shop
March 8, 2002Always one to follow Daddy’s example, George Bush the Appointed has given a host of Bush Sr. retreads a number of prominent posts in his administration.
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Minimum wage: Falling behind
March 8, 2002Congress last raised the minimum wage in 1997 when it established the current $5.15 per hour.
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