U.S.
With 100 dead, action urged to curb house fires
March 16, 2007Jim Harmes, president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, told the World he has been a firefighter for over 35 years, and “I don’t remember when there have been so many multiple-death house fires as...
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Profit for some or care for all
March 9, 2007The health insurance industry is full of surprises, but history and experience show that insurers will never surprise us with a good, affordable health care system for America. No cocktail of regulations, subsidies and tax credits...
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The female experience of racism
March 9, 2007I was intrigued when I heard another Black woman use the phrase that is the headline of this article. It sounded different from sexism. And it could just be all words at this point, but whenever...
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EDITORIAL: Wall Street tumbles …
March 2, 2007The question, “Are we heading into a recession?” has been hanging like a dark cloud over Wall Street since the Dow Jones industrial average plunged 416 points Feb. 27, the stock market’s worst day since Sept....
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Labor making its voice heard
March 2, 2007Effects of organized labor’s drive for action on a working families agenda continued to be felt last week even though Congress was not in session. Among numerous indicators of labor’s new impact on the political scene...
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