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Shirley Chisholm: Unbought & Unbossed
January 28, 20051972 was an extraordinary year. Richard Nixon was president, running for his second, ill-fated term. The voting age had just changed from 21 to 18, and millions of new voters were expected at the polls. The...
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Unfinished battle for school funding
January 28, 2005OPINIONThe following testimony, slightly abridged here, was presented to the New York City Council Commission on the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Jan. 13. I have two children in elementary school in the Bronx and one in...
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Disasters, contradictions, and hypocrisy
January 28, 2005OPINION A great wave struck 12 countries Dec. 26 and killed over 150,000 people. The nations and people of the world have come together in a massive demonstration of solidarity that is entirely consistent with people’s...
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Iraqs elections no simple answers for the U.S. left
January 28, 2005OPINION George W. Bush is uniquely unqualified to trumpet free elections, in Iraq or anywhere else. Voter intimidation, suppression, obstruction — these are his trademarks.
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Listening to the inaugural speech
January 28, 2005OPINION It turns out that many, including myself, continue to underestimate the strength of Bush’s commitment to an outright imperial policy unequaled in its scope and unprecedented in its worldwide impact. Globalization compels all to have...
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