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The hawk and the Klansmen
December 7, 2007The Stavitch Bike Trail extends for 10 miles on the Mahoning River, just south and a little east of Youngstown, Ohio, past the giant ruins of Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company and alongside...
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A political river is being crossed
December 7, 2007We are at the cusp of a new stage of struggle that has the potential to shift the balance of forces in our country, not incrementally and momentarily, but decisively and enduringly in favor of the...
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LETTERS: Dec. 8
December 7, 2007Bravos Bravo for publishing Hazzim Yousif’s letter regarding the genocide in Turkey (PWW 11/10-16). I thought of writing you along the exact same lines, including elders’ memories of murder, but Hazzim wrote what needed to be...
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Scofflaw UnitedHealth pushes UK privatization
December 7, 2007UnitedHealth, the discredited scofflaw U.S. health insurance company, just paid $12 million in fines to 37 state governments for its illegal administrative practices. The settlement followed years of legal problems. This hasn’t stopped UnitedHealth from seeking...
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Labor pushes for universal health care
December 7, 2007‘800-pound gorilla’ sits on bargaining table NEW YORK — Union leaders here have made it clear that the AFL-CIO’s Labor Day pledge to push for national health care by 2009 is high on labor’s agenda for...
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