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July 7 NATIONAL CLIPS
July 6, 2007LOS ANGELES: Mayors stand up for cities: U.S. out of Iraq Providence, R.I., Mayor David Cicilline introduced a resolution before the 224 mayors attending the U.S. Conference of Mayor’s annual meeting saying, “We support the troops...
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Drivers, neighbors push clean ports, decent jobs
July 6, 2007OAKLAND, Calif. — The blue T-shirts of the Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports were everywhere, proclaiming that port truck drivers, area union members, neighborhood residents and environmental activists are united to win decent pay and...
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Great public schools, a basic right for every child
July 6, 2007Educators slam pro-segregation ruling PHILADELPHIA — The No Child Left Behind Act and the Supreme Court rejection of school desegregation programs drew harsh criticism July 3 as 9,000 teachers and other school workers opened the National...
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Global health care, Cuban-style
June 29, 2007Movie REVIEW Salud Directed by Connie Field New Paradigms, 2006 93 minutes Against a backdrop of ratcheted-up Bush attacks on Cuba and the devastating contradictions afflicting U.S. health care, the documentary “Salud!” by Medical Education Cooperation...
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The first shot in the war for health care
June 29, 2007Pollsters with their questionnaires were all over the moviegoers waiting in line for the sneak preview of “Sicko” on June 23 in Dallas. They seemed particularly interested in finding out why people were motivated to turn...
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