News
Chicago closes shelters
September 26, 2002In a city where tents and makeshift homes are part of many working-class neighborhoods, activists, residents, homeless and handicapped citizens protested the recent closings of more downtown shelters and low-cost hotels. On Aug. 24, 150 strong,...
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Letters
September 20, 2002Another League of Nations As opposition to the Bush administration’s threats to launch a war against Iraq grows, The New York Times reports that Bush is contacting the leaders of Russia, China and France, who are...
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Editorials
September 20, 2002No war with Iraq Smarting from setbacks at the United Nations, the Republican Party has launched a desperate campaign to regain the political initiative. In elections across the country GOP congressional candidates are beating the war...
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Detroit labor takes stock on Labor Day 2002
September 13, 2002A parade of several thousand union members flooded Detroit’s downtown streets on Sept. 2 to celebrate Labor Day 2002 and to remind Detroiters that “we are the union.” After the parade participants joined other thousands at...
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Letters
September 13, 2002Words of peace Some quotes that are ever more timely for the readers of your great paper: “While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.”...
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