News
Confronting grief with prayer and struggle
March 5, 2004OAKLAND, Calif. – Lee Hamilton wears two buttons. Standing like many other working-class guys, with hands in his jeans’ pockets, sporting a sweatshirt and baseball cap emblazoned with “Meat Cutters Union,” he wore one small United...
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Bushs war on travel to Cuba
March 5, 2004Opinion The Bush administration has gone out of its way to make visiting Cuba almost impossible. Last May, the Treasury Department announced that it was scrapping the people-to-people travel program put in place under the Clinton...
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Naders disastrous decision to run in 2004
March 5, 2004Opinion As someone who voted for Ralph Nader twice for president, the second time in 2000 against the advice of friends and comrades, I am saddened and angered by his decision to run for president in...
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Letters
March 5, 2004The importance of reparations The importance of building a new Civil Rights Movement in 21st century America should not be overlooked. We should learn from the African American liberation movements of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s...
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Editorials
March 5, 2004Women of the world, unite! International Women’s Day is March 8. Recognized throughout the world, International Women’s Day gave birth to Women’s History Month, a more widely celebrated event here in the U.S. Like May Day,...
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