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Bolivians rally to defend countrys unity
January 26, 2007On Jan. 8, a year after Evo Morales became Bolivia’s first indigenous president, 25,000 indigenous peasants and unionized coca growers rallied in Cochabamba in central Bolivia. They called for the resignation of the state governor, Manfred...
Read moreA wonderful, tender children book
January 26, 2007The acceptance of gays and lesbians is greater than ever in North America. Thousands of gays and lesbians are raising children these days in the U.S. and Canada. Changing adoption laws allowing gays to adopt children...
Read moreMovie highlights anti-racist message
January 26, 2007This is a movie about a dedicated teacher in a gang-ridden high school in the Long Beach, Calif., area, whose students — white, African American, Latino and Asian — are divided along racial lines. The film...
Read moreTHIS WEEK IN LABOR
January 26, 2007Bush health care plan ‘sticks it to workers’ American workers know a raw deal when they see one, said Steelworkers President Leo Gerard. Gerard was responding to President Bush’s State of the Union proposal to tax...
Read moreWORLD NOTES
January 26, 2007Nicaragua: Ortega hits the ground running Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega’s first official act after his second presidential inauguration on Jan. 10 — after a 17-year hiatus — was to announce Nicaragua’s membership, with Cuba, Bolivia and...
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