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What America stands for
June 4, 2004Opinion “That isn’t what America stands for” has been the refrain of Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney, et al., as the horrifying Abu Ghraib prison atrocities hit the eyes of the world. Maybe it isn’t what America should...
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Fast 4 Education at Calif. state capitol
June 4, 2004SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Six activists from West Contra Costa County, including one mother, two teachers, one student and two community members, are now on a water-only “Fast 4 Education” at the state capitol to bring attention...
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GOP assault on school funding fails
June 4, 2004AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Legislature adjourned its special session on public school finance May 19, two days early, as Republican lawmakers and the Republican governor failed to agree on a new funding structure for the...
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Shes The Mother
May 28, 2004Movie reviewShe’s ‘The Mother’ May, the mother in the movie of the same name, is actually an ordinary grandmother from the suburbs. When her husband dies on a family visit to London, she loses her place...
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The Jungle, uncut, spotlights class oppression
May 28, 2004Book Review The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition By Upton Sinclair Sharp Press, 2003 Softcover, 352 pp., $12 Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) was a prolific writer as well as a socialist. He authored 90 books. Without a...
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