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Senate defies Bush, approves childrens health care bill
November 9, 2007WASHINGTON — The Senate defied President Bush, Nov. 2, and approved for a third time a new version of the SCHIP children’s health care program by a 64-30 vote. Meanwhile, House leaders struggled to win over...
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Chryslers signing bonus: pink slip for workers
November 9, 2007Rank-and-file roiled by job and shift cuts as tentative deal is reached with Ford Less than a week after Chrysler workers barely approved a concessionary contract, the company’s Nov. 1 announcement that it will slash 10,000...
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Is GOP scheming to steal another election?
November 9, 2007Just weeks ago, a proposed ballot initiative by far-right Republicans with links to presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani seemed dead, after efforts to put it on California’s June primary ballot imploded amid secretive financial maneuvering by its...
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The inhumanity of partial truth
November 2, 2007There is a lot of truth to go around in this world. When you have a world of complexity, you also have, and need, many ways of looking at and understanding it. The problem comes when...
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The fires and the media beast
November 2, 2007As the smoke and ash settle out here in San Diego, a few things have become evident about the news in this age of disaster capitalism. One is the class nature of the corporate media beast....
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