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  • Civil rights groups launch 2007 agenda

    Civil rights groups launch 2007 agenda

    January 26, 2007

    Civil rights groups see a chance to make important gains during the next two years with the new dynamics in Congress. In a letter earlier this month to members of the House and Senate, the Leadership...

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  • Unions keep King dream alive

    Unions keep King dream alive

    January 20, 2007

    HOUSTON — The AFL-CIO’s national conference here, Jan. 11-15, celebrated the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., with a glorious tribute to a great man. Some 500 union activists from more than 15 international...

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  • Charles Keller, an appreciation

    Charles Keller, an appreciation

    January 19, 2007

    Both the art and the political worlds will miss Charles Keller, a great artist of the 20th century. Keller, who seamlessly melded art and politics both in his work and in his life, passed away Aug....

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  • No Child Left Behind needs big changes

    No Child Left Behind needs big changes

    January 19, 2007

    While watching election returns last November, I felt particularly proud of friends and family in Montana as they elected to send labor-endorsed candidate Jon Tester to the U.S. Senate. Among his many selling points, Tester is...

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  • 50 shots and counting

    50 shots and counting

    January 19, 2007

    Violence has always been a feature of police work. Marilynn S. Johnson, in her book “Street Justice: A History of Police Violence in New York City,” details the violent history of the oldest (1841), and largest...

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