News
Obama budget prioritizes healthcare, workers and environment
May 8, 2009After a stunning victory in Congress which passed his budget priorities last month, President Obama unveiled the details of his 2010 budget May 7th. One of the biggest accomplishments in the budget plan is a more...
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Blockaded from the birthday party
May 8, 2009They were all there. Over 40 of the best known singers and players of people’s songs performed May 3 at Madison Square Garden in New York. They were celebrating the 90th birthday of Pete Seeger, who...
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LETTERS
May 8, 2009Cuba’s response to flu Sorry I don’t have much time to write. The Cubans are doing a public health campaign. They have signs up all over our dorms with info about the swine flu situation and...
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WORLDNOTES – Germany, Ethiopia, Australia, Ecuador, United Arab Emirates, Cuba
May 8, 2009Germany: Nuclear withdrawal a campaign issue In the Bundestag April 24, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for “a new beginning on nuclear disarmament.” Three opposition parties, the Greens, Liberal Free Democrats and the Left Party, moved...
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Planned Parenthood tells Judy Blume: We are there!
May 8, 2009Planned Parenthood is mounting a campaign to support young people’s author Judy Blume. Blume has faced a barrage of hate mail and phone calls from anti-reproductive rights extremists after she wrote a letter about Mother’s Day...
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