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A few billion here, a few billion there
August 24, 2007The market is up! The market is down! The speculators are losing money! Government better do something quick! Interestingly, among the loudest voices calling for the Federal Reserve to take quick action were the same voices...
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EDITORIAL: Sickest of the Sickos
August 24, 2007If anything should be a no-brainer for the world’s richest country, it is making sure all its children have basic health care. That’s part of securing our nation’s future, right? Wrong, says the Bush administration. In...
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EDITORIAL: The housing hurricane
August 24, 2007Two years ago, Hurricane Katrina caused tens of thousands of families to lose their homes. Last year, the home mortgage meltdown that is now sweeping the country took the homes of 800,000 families. This year, the...
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As hog boss goes for the kill, workers unite for the fight
August 24, 2007Smithfield Packing employs 5,500 workers who slaughter and package the meat of 32,000 hogs a day at its sprawling plant in Tar Heel, a tiny town 80 miles south of Raleigh, N.C. The facility has become...
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On 2nd anniversary of Katrina Gulf Coast needs a New Deal
August 24, 2007Eyewitness account NEW ORLEANS — Two years after his wife was swept away by Hurricane Katrina, Calvin Bernard still comes to sweep the slab and water the flowers where their house once stood in this city’s...
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