U.S.
Congressional hypocrisy on medical care
April 15, 2005People’s Health As an emergency physician and former governor, I am struck by the towering contradictions — and indeed the hypocrisy — in the controversy over the tragic plight of Terri Schiavo. On the same day...
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L.A. labor challenges county board
April 8, 2005News Analysis LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles area labor movement, spearheaded by the 800,000-member Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, is turning its attention to reversing the anti-worker trend of the powerful Los Angeles County...
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Happy birthday, Paul Robeson
April 8, 2005April 9 is the 107th birthday of one of the foremost African Americans of the 20th century — Paul Robeson.
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Rallies around the nation
April 8, 2005SAN FRANCISCO: Some 2,000 demonstrators made a human chain surrounding San-Francisco-based Charles Schwab home office March 31. Demonstrators also demanded that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger drop his proposal to privatize pensions for all new public workers. Schwab...
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1916 2005 Lalo Guerrero, trovador chicano presente!
March 25, 2005Known by all as Lalo, the Chicano trovador (troubadour) extraordinaire sang, composed and played mariachi, swing, bolero, boogie, mambo, cha-cha, rock and norteño music, often in poignant yet comic parodies, from the time of the Great...
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