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  • The rich have their own photographers I photograph the poor the forgotten ones   Milton Rogovin

    The rich have their own photographers I photograph the poor the forgotten ones Milton Rogovin

    February 10, 2006 By Eileen Reardon

    Photographer Milton Rogovin has used his camera to take us into the world of workers, showing us their humanity, dignity and strength. He has photographed in the steel factories of Buffalo, N.Y., in the coal mines...

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  • N.Y. gov. shorts schools

    N.Y. gov. shorts schools

    February 10, 2006 By Dan Margolis

    NEW YORK — Boasting that he was delivering tax cuts for working people and increased funding for schools, Republican Gov. George Pataki submitted his final executive budget Jan. 18 in Albany. The proposal was immediately condemned,...

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  • Texans protest Bush school visit

    Texans protest Bush school visit

    February 10, 2006

    When George W. and Laura Bush visited Townview Magnet School in Dallas, Feb. 3, local media gushed over Bush’s no-funding, test-emphasizing No Child Left Behind education flim-flam and his pretense that he favors science education, but...

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  • Coretta Scott King: Freedom fighter

    Coretta Scott King: Freedom fighter

    February 10, 2006

    Coretta Scott King personified everything women have struggled to achieve in the movement for equality, emancipation and freedom. Her life mothered the understanding of generations who fought and continue to fight for civil rights, all people’s...

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  • Bush budget: Trillions for rich, cuts for the rest of us

    Bush budget: Trillions for rich, cuts for the rest of us

    February 10, 2006

    WASHINGTON — President Bush’s $2.77 trillion 2007 budget brutally slashes funds for health, education and other vital human needs while lavishing $1.8 trillion in tax cuts on the wealthy over the next 10 years, a coalition...

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