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August 16, 2002Where’s the threat? President Bush is way out on a limb with his tough warspeak. How can he ever crawl back, after braying so loudly and so long about “changing the regime” in Iraq? Trouble is,...
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August 16, 2002Rights under attack The American Bar Association has joined growing condemnation of the Bush administration’s secret detention of immigrants since Sept. 11. The ABA said the government should disclose the detainees’ names and where they are...
Read moreBush scuttles medical privacy
August 16, 2002If there was ever a question about corporate ownership of the Bush White House, recent actions in regard to the privacy of personal medical data should remove all doubt.
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August 16, 2002The threat by President George Bush to intervene in contract talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is a classic example of how U.S. laws governing labor management relations are tilted against workers and...
Read moreCommercialism invades Billiken parade
August 16, 2002CHICAGO – Over a million people, despite heat and sun, attended the 73rd annual Bud Billiken Parade here Aug. 10, and millions more watched the nation’s second largest parade on television. Historically, the parade represents a...
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