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Mayor Bloombergs demolition derby for New Yorks public schools
March 23, 2007With the Bush administration under fire from all directions, even his “signature” education bill, No Child Left Behind, is losing support, including from Republicans. NCLB has produced a huge shift towards standardized testing, using test scores...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
March 23, 2007NEW YORK: March for patient careFighting off driving rain, thousands of health care workers from around the state jammed the streets surrounding Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s Manhattan office March 15 to protest proposed cuts of $1 billion...
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Hundreds rally for jailed New Bedford workers
March 23, 2007NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Hundreds of people from Massachusetts and Rhode Island rallied here March 17 in support of 361 undocumented workers who were arrested in a government raid earlier this month at a New Bedford...
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Union: Sago miners did not have to die
March 23, 2007Standing with the West Virginia congressional delegation and before the family of deceased Sago miner Jim Bennett, United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts and Secretary Treasurer Daniel Kane charged, “This tragedy was preventable and should have...
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Iran sanctions: prelude for a U.S. attack?
March 23, 2007UNITED NATIONS — The Bush administration is taking a proposed new UN Security Council resolution for further sanctions on Iran as a green light for ratcheting up confrontation with Tehran. Many are concerned that the White...
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