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Five years too many
March 15, 2008On March 19, 2003, our television screens were filled with blinding flashes illuminating the night skies over Iraq as President George W. Bush launched his shock and awe invasion. To some viewers, and perhaps Bush’s advisers,...
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We are against school closings
March 15, 2008CHICAGO — Parents, community groups, teachers and students are fed up with Chicago Public Schools officials who voted to close, consolidate or restructure 18 schools here Feb. 27. School officials say 10 schools will be consolidated,...
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Political earthquake in Illinois shakes GOP
March 15, 2008CHICAGO — In a “political earthquake” whose aftershocks may be felt all the way to the November elections, Democrat Bill Foster defeated Republican Jim Oberweis in a special election to fill the vacant seat of former...
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500,000 GIs suffer from invisible wounds: End the war, fund health care, veterans groups say
March 15, 2008As the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war approaches, a rising tide of soldiers and veterans suffering psychological injuries is being adding to the nearly 4,000 U.S. soldiers who have died in the war and the...
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Spitzer resigns — Time to move forward for a New York State peoples agenda
March 14, 2008The resignation by Governor Eliot Spitzer this week in the face of scandal has caused much confusion and concern. Spitzer’s time in office was mixed, but his election represented the hopes of New Yorkers to put...
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