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Pattycake the gorilla made life better
April 2, 2013I was 22 years old and living in my native Brooklyn when "Pattycake" was born in the Central Park Zoo on Sept. 3, 1972.
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It’s always Passover: Freedom is a process
March 28, 2013This is the season of Passover, the Jewish holiday of freedom from slavery in Egypt. Even if never substantiated as a historical event, it nevertheless has inspired liberation struggles all over the world.
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Immigration reform must be all-inclusive
March 28, 2013The immigrant communities themselves, and their allies in organized labor, the churches, and the African American, Latino, and Asian American communities, are speaking out.
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Marriage equality promises “a more perfect union”
March 26, 2013Legal experts and human rights activists describe this week's two cases before the Supreme Court on same-sex marriageas as monumental.
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Public health care saved my wife’s life
March 26, 2013Llast year something dreadful came to my family. During a self-examination my wife discovered a lump in her breast. Adding to the anxiety my family had no healthcare insurance.
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