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  • Color-blindness in the USA

    Color-blindness in the USA

    July 27, 2007

    A 2001 study revealed that despite diversity efforts, the United States was becoming increasingly segregated both in housing and education. The study found that one in three Latino students were attending schools with a minority enrollment...

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  • Thank you, Senator McConnell

    Thank you, Senator McConnell

    July 27, 2007

    During the House and Senate debates on the Employee Free Choice Act, some of my friends got riled up by all the right-wing nuts attacking the EFCA because the Communists support it. I got a lot...

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  • EDITORIAL: Whats needed for Israeli-Palestinian peace?

    EDITORIAL: Whats needed for Israeli-Palestinian peace?

    July 27, 2007

    Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Jerusalem last week in his new role as envoy for the so-called Quartet of Middle East mediators — the UN, European Union, Russia and the United States. He...

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  • Auto CEOs drool over Delphis takeaways

    Auto CEOs drool over Delphis takeaways

    July 27, 2007

    DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union battled to get a new contract with Delphi and is now beginning tough negotiations with the Big Three automakers, Ford, GM and Chrysler. The Delphi contract includes the closure...

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  • Anti-immigrant politician provokes crisis

    Anti-immigrant politician provokes crisis

    July 27, 2007

    SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. — This populous suburban/rural county on eastern Long Island, on the outskirts of the New York City metropolitan area, has a large and increasingly politicized immigrant population. Lately, they have often found themselves...

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