Opinion
Mexicos tortilla crisis: harvest of NAFTA
February 9, 2007NewsAnalysis More than 120,000 people protested in Mexico City, Jan. 31, against massive hikes in the price of white maize (called “corn” in the U.S.) and other basic foodstuffs — up nearly 100 percent since Christmas...
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House moving to restore workers rights
February 9, 2007News Analysis The AFL-CIO and the Change to Win unions have launched a full-court press to restore workers’ rights to join a union and bargain a contract. Step No. 1 was introduction of the Employee Free...
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Lebanon crisis a mix of complex issues
February 2, 2007Protests and a Jan. 23 one-day general strike have rocked Lebanon. Some violent incidents resulted in three deaths and 100 injuries. The violence is one factor triggering Lebanese fears of a new civil war, but there...
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No Child Left Behind up for review
February 2, 2007News Analysis The day after President Bush’s State of the Union address, the secretary of education, Margaret Spellings, presented a proposal to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the administration’s troubled education law. Speaking...
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Frances homeless step up their struggle
January 26, 2007NewsAnalysis PARIS — The new year in France has opened with bold and coordinated protests by the nation’s homeless. The protests are taking place against the backdrop of two years of intensified struggle by the country’s...
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