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News Analysis: Missourians triumph over anti-civil rights plan
May 23, 2008Over the last few months one of the most important electoral struggles of 2008 played out in Missouri. The deceptively-named Missouri Civil Rights Initiative (MoCRI), which would have outlawed affirmative action programs here, went down to...
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Opinion: We are all Sean Bell
May 17, 2008I was arrested last Wednesday. It was one of the most rewarding experiences I have ever had. I was not alone. That afternoon at six locations around New York City, thousands of people of all races...
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Editorial: Israel’s 60th anniversary
May 15, 2008May 14 marked the 60th anniversary of the formation of the state of Israel. It has had a complex, troubled history, with many conflicting views about what happened and why. For the decades-old Jewish population in...
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No Child Left Behinds reading program marked failure
May 13, 2008A key education program created under George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act has failed to produce results, according to a recent study by the Institute of Education Sciences, the research arm of the U.S....
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At Bush-Calderon-Harper summit Security, prosperity for whom?
May 10, 2008NewsAnalysis Last month’s summit in New Orleans brought together President Bush, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, all right wingers, for the fourth meeting of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of the...
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