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Steel jobs hang in balance
March 1, 2002CLEVELAND – The day before the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) descended on the White House to fight for jobs and retiree benefits industry-wide, a deal was announced that will save the jobs of many workers...
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African-American history: The Gabriel Prosser slave revolt
February 22, 2002The following is an excerpt from American Negro Slave Revolts by Herbert Aptheker, New York: International Publishers, 1974, pages 219-226 (original edition: Columbia University Press, 1943). Probably the most fateful year in the history of American...
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Letters
February 22, 2002Israel out of Palestine Israel should pull out of the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem, so the Palestinians can create a Palestinian state. Jerusalem is a West Bank city. If it is not ceded to the...
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At the movies:Watch the movie, dump the sponsor
February 22, 2002George Pullman built his financial empire not only on the manufacture of railroad cars but also on the luxury service provided to passengers by the 10,000-man work force who staffed the famous Pullman sleeping and dining...
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A reminder of a terrible history
February 22, 2002At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America by Philip Dray. Random House, 2002. Philip Dray, co-author of We Are Not Afraid: The Story of Goodman, Shwerner, and Chaney and the Civil Rights...
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