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Iraqi women suffering silent emergency, survey finds
March 14, 2009BAGHDAD (IRIN) - Marking International Women’s Day on 8 March a new survey has painted a grim picture for Iraqi women who it says are suffering a “silent emergency” as they endure insecurity, poverty and a...
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Budget and planet friendly gift ideas
December 22, 2008• About 25 years ago I lived in Hibbing on Minnesota’s Iron Range and tried to survive selling Electrolux vacuums to unemployed miners. So, I gave a symbol of my woeful financial condition: an apple and...
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OPINION: Finding personal value in an elitist society
December 20, 2008Imagine, for a moment, that there are two American men standing before you. The man on the left is named Bob. He is wearing an old and tattered flannel jacket, underneath which is a simple white...
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McScrooged: A talk with McDonalds employee
December 19, 2008A letter from Michael Whitney from Change that Works, SEIU.org: Last week we told you that McDonald's wasn't lovin' free choice at work. Several thousand of you stood up and told the company what you think...
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End military recruitment in our public schools
December 18, 2008An Open Letter to President-elect Obama One day, when we still lived in Tijuana, Mexico, and my son was only 13 years old, a Marine recruiter told him that if my son enlisted someday he could...
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