Analysis
COMMENTARY On racism, Supreme Court rules for status quo
July 3, 2009Another good reason why Sotomayor should be confirmed The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the New Haven firefighters is not a reason to keep Judge Sonia Sotomayor off the court as some on the right...
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OPINION Lets break mayor-corporate lock on citys schools
July 2, 2009NEW YORK — At 12:01 this morning, the law that enshrined mayoral control of New York City’s public schools formally expired, as the state Senate remained paralyzed by crisis. The city’s old Board of Education was...
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EDITORIAL Madoff is just tip of the iceberg
July 2, 2009Finance capital went to confession, told the judge its sins, and he administered the penance — 150 years in the clinker for 79-year-old Bernard Madoff. The stain of sin on the decent soul of Wall Street’s...
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EDITORIAL Big step backward
July 2, 2009The city of New Haven threw out a fire department promotions exam because it yielded results that did not promote equality. The city’s decision was in keeping with the need to guarantee the civil rights of...
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Apologizing for the rich aint what it used to be!
July 1, 2009In the good old days one of the most enviable of jobs was that of a commentator or writer whose responsibility it was to explain to us in the mass audience why rich people are so...
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