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World Notes: Literacy, women’s rights, death penalty …
March 18, 2008Cuba: Literacy milestone reached Speaking to reporters, Cuban Minister of Education Luis Ignacio Gomez indicated that as of March 13 three million people worldwide have learned to read and write through the Cuban method of literacy...
Read moreUN panel finds two-tier society in U.S.
March 18, 2008UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11 (IPS) - The United States government is drawing fire from international legal experts for its treatment of American Indians, Blacks, Latinos and other racial minorities.
Read moreWhat will it take to bring progressive change?
March 15, 2008“I never looked at the primaries before, but this year they got my notice,” a former factory worker now stuck in a low-wage health care job exclaimed to me recently. She stays glued to the election...
Read moreLabor propels Kucinich to big win
March 15, 2008CLEVELAND — Labor and its progressive allies scored a major victory in the Democratic primary here March 4 when Congressman Dennis Kucinich beat back a heavily financed effort to take his seat. Kucinich won in a...
Read moreOn International Womens Day, UN shines light on gender violence
March 15, 2008Women’s inequality hurts all, UN chief Ban says UNITED NATIONS — International Women’s Day, March 8, was commemorated here starting March 6. Women’s importance to the world’s progress was emphasized, but speakers stressed that the situation...
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