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  • The economic crisis: Understanding causes and solutions

    The economic crisis: Understanding causes and solutions

    December 5, 2008

    What will be impact of the Wall Street bankruptcies, bailouts and blunders on working people in this country and worldwide? What's the solution to the crisis? Perhaps only time will tell the full extent of the...

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  • Folk music, civil rights legend Odetta dies at 77

    Folk music, civil rights legend Odetta dies at 77

    December 4, 2008

    NEW YORK (AP) — Odetta's monumental voice rang out in August 1963 when she sang 'I'm on My Way' at the historic March on Washington, where Martin Luther King gave his 'I Have a Dream' speech....

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  • World Notes

    World Notes

    December 4, 2008

    UN: Call for action on women’s rights Observing the United Nations-designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Nov. 25, the UN Development Fund for Women identified the fact that one-third of all women...

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  • Miami activist moves people into foreclosed houses

    Miami activist moves people into foreclosed houses

    December 3, 2008

    MIAMI (AP) -- Max Rameau delivers his sales pitch like a pro. 'All tile floor!' he says during a recent showing. 'And the living room, wow! It has great blinds.' But in nearly every other respect,...

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  • Commonwealth study serves health care campaign

    Commonwealth study serves health care campaign

    December 2, 2008

    Debate on overhauling the U.S. health care system has centered on cost, administrative waste, and profiteering. Such concerns are hardly misplaced, what with 2006 health care costs rising to 16 percent of GDP, or $7,000 per...

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