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Bebel Gilberto sings
May 9, 2003Music review: Bebel Gilberto sings De Tarde, Vendo O Mar, The Sound of Brazil (Evolver)
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King Coal: Revisited
May 9, 2003BOOK REVIEWCoal: A Human History, By Barbara Freese, Perseus Publishing, 308 pages Coal is an absorbing and well-written book. Most of us don’t think of coal as a mover and shaker of history. This is not...
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Extended unemployment benefits to expire May 31
May 9, 2003Sad to say, the fact that the official unemployment rate jumped from 5.8 percent in March to 6.0 percent in April is not the most troubling statistic in the Labor Department’s April unemployment report. Even more...
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Texas House takes aim at worker benefits
May 9, 2003AUSTIN – When the Texas House of Representatives passed HB 2292 on April 25, the stark vision of what compassionate conservatism looks like came more sharply into focus: fewer social services that are more difficult for...
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Support the World/Mundo
May 9, 2003During these difficult times of war, rising poverty and inequality, and attacks on basic hard-won democratic rights, the independent press – a press independent of the monopoly corporate and far right wing control – is a...
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