News
Unions not welcome in Kid Nation
September 7, 2007While it’s true that many parents would like to see their children become a bit more enthusiastic about household chores, they probably wouldn’t want to see them in the kind of world depicted in “Kid Nation,”...
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LETTERS: Sept. 8
September 7, 2007Great Labor Day quote I was pleased to receive your Labor Day greetings (“How wealth is created,” editorial, PWW 9/1-7). The quote you started with is one of my absolute favorites, perhaps second only to Eugene...
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Western Sahara continues decolonization talks
September 7, 2007More than 50 years after the United Nations vowed to ensure the right to self-determination for every occupied territory, Western Sahara is still fighting for its independence. The current struggle began in early 1970s, when the...
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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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