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Leaving integration behind

On Dec. 4, the Supreme Court heard two cases from Louisville and Seattle that consider whether to limit public school districts’ ability to fulfill the promise of school integration enunciated in Brown v. Board of Education...

CARTOON

Anti-birth-control fanatic to head govt family planning office

Last month, President Bush appointed a longtime opponent of contraception, Dr. Eric Keroack, to head the government agency charged with providing access to contraceptive information and supplies to low-income individuals. Keroack will serve as the assistant...

THIS WEEK IN LABOR

N.C. alliance supports Smithfield workers A coalition including the state NAACP, the North Carolina Council of Churches and the United Food and Commercial Workers reached across the state of North Carolina Dec. 2 to hold protests...

WORLD NOTES

Nigeria: Focus on South-South ties A first-ever summit of 53 African and 12 South American countries opened Nov. 29 in Abuja, Nigeria. Organized by the African Union, the meeting had South-South cooperation as its main theme....