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50 shots and counting
January 19, 2007Violence has always been a feature of police work. Marilynn S. Johnson, in her book “Street Justice: A History of Police Violence in New York City,” details the violent history of the oldest (1841), and largest...
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LETTERS
January 19, 2007Homelessness rising In St. Petersburg, Fla., a homeless tent city called “Coming Up” took over a vacant lot. The camp grounds are expected to grow rapidly as the city does nothing to supply housing for the...
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EDITORIAL: Progress on womens rights
January 19, 2007Jan. 22 is the 34th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, which ruled that state laws barring abortion violate the constitutional right to privacy. Opposition to the court’s decision has been grist...
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Year opens with 2 more deaths in the mines
January 19, 2007CUCUMBER, W.Va. — James “Butch” Thomas, 47, and Pete Poindexter, 33, were working a mile and half inside the Brooks Run Company’s Cucumber mine, Jan. 13, when the roof collapsed, killing both miners. There were 35...
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Boost minimum wage, right to organize
January 19, 2007There are many vital issues that helped forge the alliance that dealt such a devastating blow to the immoral ultra-right cabal last Nov. 7. Perhaps one of the least sung but critically important sectors is the...
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