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Public education is new freedom struggle
September 7, 2007A teacher’s viewpoint While large numbers of young people now start school in August, Labor Day weekend still marked the “official” end of summer vacation for hundreds of thousands of others. For too many of these...
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NATIONAL CLIPS: Sept. 8
September 7, 2007SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Voters have chance to speak on war SEATTLE: Going condo crazy DICKSON, Tenn.: Environmental racism on Senate stage DURHAM, N.C.: Woman named to lead top medical school
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2007 Labor Day roundup: A sampling of Labor Day events from around the country.
September 7, 2007Houston: Union members lined up their RVs and smokers and cooked up huge quantities of barbecue at the Harris County AFL-CIO’s Labor Day barbecue cook-off, a three-day bonanza of food and fun at the Pasadena Convention...
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Detroits Labor Day challenges anti-union drive
September 7, 2007DETROIT — Among the many Labor Day parades and picnics across the country last week, this city’s parade had a special edge. While the morning editions of the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News carried editorials...
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New Orleans residents march on Superdome
September 7, 2007NEW ORLEANS — A five-day observance of the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina concluded Sept. 1 with protesters marching on the Superdome to demand delivery of promised funds to rebuild homes, hospitals, schools and the city’s...
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