2009
Obama in Cairo a profound message for Americans
June 10, 2009“Americans have been constantly redefining their national identity from the moment of first contact on the Virginia shore,” historian Ronald Takaki wrote. When our first African American president addressed the Arab and Muslim peoples of the...
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An architects new challenge
June 9, 2009An architect’s new challenge By Javier Cambron Javier Cambron, 22, will begin his third year at the Southern California Institute of Architecture this fall. He included this article as his “manifesto,” although not required, in his...
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BOOK REVIEW Studs Terkels Working soars to new life as graphic novel
June 9, 2009Studs Terkel’s Working: A Graphic Adaptation Adapted by Harvey Pekar, edited by Paul Buhle NY/London: The New Press, 2009Studs Terkel was synonymous with the everyman, heart of the hoi polloi. In one of his last interviews...
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Afghans need peace, not war
June 6, 2009WASHINGTON – “The people don’t want 30,000 more troops, but instead 30,000 engineers, teachers and scientists,” said Dr. Roshanak Wardak, a member of the parliament in Afghanistan. She made the statement at an “issues briefing” on...
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Hundreds rally to stop Illinois budget cuts
June 5, 2009CHICAGO – Hundreds representing dozens of local community groups here rallied in front of the downtown James R. Thompson Center June 4 against the “doomsday” budget cuts that were approved by the Illinois General Assembly late...
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