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Introducing Shades of Green
November 2, 2007There’s an old saying that “there is nothing new under the sun,” meaning the essence of life — matter — can be neither created nor destroyed. It just changes form.
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Youth face tough economic times
November 2, 2007While looking at most media coverage and news analysis about the current economic crisis, you will find almost no references to how the situation is affecting young people. There is little, if any, talk of what...
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WORLD NOTES: Nov. 3
November 2, 2007Palestine: Siege tightens on Gaza Reports from Al Jazeera and the Chinese newspaper People’s Daily highlight the mounting peril weighing on civilians in the Gaza Strip. In late September, Israeli military chiefs announced plans to incrementally...
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21 states to exhaust childrens health funds in 2008
November 2, 2007WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans sustained President Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) bill for the second time in as many weeks, ignoring a new report that 21 states will run out of...
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NAACP: treatment of Black youth an emergency
November 2, 2007The NAACP has declared a “state of emergency” in the criminal justice system’s brutal mistreatment of Black youth across the nation. The declaration cites the zealous over-prosecution of the Jena Six teenagers in Louisiana, the killing...
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