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Hoosiers say no to privatization scheme
December 22, 2006INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Mitch Daniels and Family and Social Services Administration Secretary Mitch Roob are planning to privatize the food stamp and other state welfare application processes in Indiana. The privatization scheme would put the state...
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Pacific Northwest Native people a brief history
December 22, 2006Native American Indians in the Pacific Northwest are engaged in a struggle for their human, economic and civil rights that takes many forms. Every four years, for example, there are “paddles” in which tribes travel long...
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Chicago banquet celebrates, and dances
December 22, 2006CHICAGO — Grupo Yubá, a group of Puerto Rican percussionists, singers and dancers who issued the first CD of “bomba” and “plena” music in Chicago, drew listeners into a spontaneous dance during this year’s festive People’s...
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European Union embraces repressive laws
December 22, 2006New, repressive measures will soon be implemented in the European Union in the name of “combating terrorism.” Critics say the measures are actually aimed at nipping a growing European left-wing radicalism in the bud. The EU...
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Dixie Chicks still ashamed of the president
December 22, 2006MovieREVIEWShut Up and Sing Directed by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck The Weinstein Co., 2006, 93 min. The new documentary about the media flurry around the Dixie Chicks singing band brings recent American history into clear...
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