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LETTERS: Nov. 3
November 2, 2007Hotel workers deserve insurance I would like to inform the public about the Holiday Inn Capitol in Old Sacramento. The problem is many of the workers are at risk of losing health insurance because the Holiday...
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EDITORIAL: Reject Mukasey
November 2, 2007The Senate Judiciary Committee should reject President Bush’s nomination of Michael Mukasey for attorney general. The subversion of civil rights, civil liberties and the rule of law has been part and parcel of the Bush Justice...
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EDITORIAL: War on Iran? Dj vu
November 2, 2007We cannot allow the Bush administration to use the “war on terrorism” or its brand of “democracy” as an excuse to attack Iran, whether with sanctions or military force. Iran has not attacked anyone. The claims...
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Egypts untouchables
November 2, 2007Commentary Egypt’s independent, nongovernmental press is trying to cope with government regulations that stifle freedom of speech and deny the public access to balanced news coverage. Last month, some newspapers decided to write about Egyptian President...
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Gulf workers confront race to bottom
November 2, 2007NEW ORLEANS — Renaissance Park in Baker, La., has a name that does it no justice. Home to Catherine Pitt, 31, an African American mother and her two children, it is row after row of cramped...
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