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Not this time rape, race and class at Duke
April 14, 2006The great unspoken now has public voice. Women rarely report sexual assault, rape. When the victim is African American, the silence is deafening. That is about to change. ESPN and CBS put the Duke University lacrosse...
Read moreEDITORIAL: Waving the flag
April 14, 2006With the sea of American flags waving at the Washington Monument and in the streets of towns and cities across our country, immigrant rights marchers are reclaiming the flag as a symbol of liberty, democracy and...
Read moreToday we march, tomorrow we vote 2 million immigrants & supporters stand up for equality & justice
April 14, 2006NEW YORK — In the city that is home to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, 125,000 people, native- and foreign-born alike, turned out April 10 for a historic National Day of Action for Immigrant...
Read moreEDITORIAL: Tax justice
April 7, 2006As Americans scramble to file their tax returns by the April 15 deadline, a new tax study got us angry. A New York Times analysis of Internal Revenue Service data shows that President Bush’s tax cuts...
Read moreNational tour tells McD’s: I’m not lovin’ it
April 7, 2006Forty-five Florida tomato workers, members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), were lovin’ the solidarity from student, labor, community and religious groups in St. Louis and Chicago rallies last week. The events were part of...
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