News
Gregory Charles a musical life
December 3, 2004Music Review NEW YORK — Canadian Gregory Charles is the son of a Trinidadian father and Quebecois mother, hence the title of his one-man musical, “Black and White.” Charles began a U.S. tour with performances Nov....
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On moral values
December 3, 2004Opinion Some of us who consider ourselves to be liberals or progressives have been just too quiet in the conversation about moral values. Some have argued that those who live in the so-called “blue states,” those...
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Letters
December 3, 2004Remember the Butterflies I just got through reading “In the Time of the Butterflies” by Julia Alvarez. It’s an incredibly moving account of the courageous Mirabel sisters of the Dominican Republic, who were jailed, tortured and...
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Editorials
December 3, 2004The debate in labor After the elections the labor movement emerged bruised but unbowed. A mood of stubborn determination and resistance is settling into union halls and central labor councils. Labor gave its all to defeat...
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S.F. hotel workers triumph over lockout
December 3, 2004SAN FRANCISCO — Some 4,300 hotel workers returned to work triumphantly at 14 of this city’s premier hotels last week, after area health providers’ decisions to extend workers’ medical coverage for December and January pulled the...
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