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Shades of Green: Nov. 17

Entitlement cuts are back

When you hear the term “entitlement programs,” watch out. When you hear the word “bipartisan” attached to that term, doubly watch out. Given that the ultra-right Bush administration has only a year left in office, and...

Students rally for affordable birth control

NEW YORK — Dozens of New York University students, elected officials and other advocates rallied in Washington Square Park, Nov. 12, to call for restoring affordable birth control at college health centers and at family planning...

Striking stagehands shut down Broadway

NEW YORK — On Saturday, Nov. 10, this city’s “Great White Way” dimmed a bit as the lights of most Broadway theaters went dark. The theater district’s stagehands, members of Local 1 of International Alliance of...

WORLD NOTES: November 17

Dominican Republic: UN report condemns racial oppression After a visit to the Dominican Republic, UN investigators Gay McDougall and Doudou Diene, the latter a special rapporteur on racism, issued a preliminary report in Geneva, Switzerland, on...