2009
OPINION: Cuba and Venezuela are not enemies
April 29, 2009The Obama administration did the right thing when it ordered the closing of the Guantanamo torture prison, and restored the right of Cuban Americans to travel and send remittances to their relatives on the island nation....
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Some warn of anti-teacher agenda on school inequities report
April 29, 2009A new report says wide educational achievement gaps hurt our economy and need national attention. But some wonder if the report is being used to advance an anti-teacher-union agenda.
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Health care reform rally: Yes we can!
April 28, 2009CLEVELAND HEIGHTS – Repeatedly chanting “Yes, We Can,” some 600 labor, retiree and community activists loudly voiced determination to win health care reform this year at a rally April 17 sponsored by Health Care for America...
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The book Chavez gave Obama
April 25, 2009A few national security partisans realize now there’s more to worry about than guns, bombs and rogue states. That would be ideas, and last week, a book. It’s a “really dangerous one that can put the...
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1 million kids may have lead poisoning: what you can do
April 25, 2009Three hundred thousand children in the United States are documented as having lead poisoning. Due to poor reporting practices and failure of the health care system to test all children between 1 and 5 years of...
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