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April 13, 2007Vital information The whole paper is great! Well explained, clear and easy to grasp. Keep up the articles on privatization. Let’s see, here’s my list of what is privatized: utilities, prisons, health care, pharmaceuticals, school bus...
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EDITORIAL: Taxes: for what? from whom?
April 13, 2007It’s tax season. But what, exactly, does our tax bill pay for? For one, the $161 billion the Bush administration is spending in the coming year on the immiseration of Iraq and Afghanistan. Given that astronomical...
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EDITORIAL: No racism, no sexism, no Imus
April 13, 2007“We fought, we persevered, and most of all, we believed in ourselves. … But all of our accomplishments were lost. Our moment was taken away,” said Heather Zurich, a sophomore on the Rutgers University women’s basketball...
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Black union leaders continue to make history
April 13, 2007CHICAGO — Three seasoned Black union leaders came together recently at the home of the Rev. Addie Wyatt on this city’s South Side. Katie Jordan, president of the Chicago chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union...
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Privatization runs amok in NYC subway
April 13, 2007NEW YORK CITY — Officials of the Transit Chapter of the Civil Service Technical Guild, the union representing the engineers, architects and scientists who work for the city’s transportation authority here, are decrying the anticipated May...
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