2009
Big crises, radical solutions
July 10, 2009As the new fiscal year begins, the situation facing states is dire. This was glaringly illustrated when California was forced to issue IOUs for the first time since the Great Depression while it finds a way...
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Depp fills big screen, yet plot shrinks it
July 10, 2009A film expert once told me that historic “period” movies are more about current events and context than they are about that historic time or character. So I was particularly excited to see “Public Enemies.” What...
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Summer reading
July 10, 2009This eclectic list of summer reading faves from People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo readers and supporters was collected via e-mail and Facebook. Have other ideas? E-mail us ator contact us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/peoplesworld. “Can Capitalism Last? A...
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WORLDNOTES: Argentina, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe, Gaza, Thailand, Puerto Rico
July 10, 2009Argentina: Elections mirror economic stresses In parliamentary elections June 28 the center-left Peronist bloc headed by President Cristina Fernandez and former president Nestor Kirchner lost congressional majorities. Voting in Buenos Aires Province, home to 40 percent...
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Doctor walks 700 miles for health care reform
July 10, 2009In an effort to expose the failures of the current health care system, Dr. Ogan Gurel, 45, is trekking nearly 700 miles on foot from Chicago to Washington D.C. in order to bring to the attention...
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