Analysis
Editorial: Some questions for the GOP
August 22, 2008Fifteen thousand members of the press are covering the historic events at the Democratic Party convention in Denver. Next week the same number will cover the Republican convention in the Twin Cities. After Denver, many of...
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August 28, then and now
August 20, 2008I remember as if it were yesterday walking across the Capitol Mall on Aug. 28, 1963, in sweltering heat, one of hundreds of thousands, Black and white, holding hands with courage and dignity to usher in...
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A Desire Named Streetcar
August 20, 2008As U.S. working people try to cope with job losses, housing foreclosures and evictions, runs on banks, and pain at the gasoline pump, they face one more: the crisis of mass transit. Here is the paradox:...
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Letters – August 16, 2008
August 16, 2008People’s Daily World I’ve been a reader and supporter of this newspaper for years and always look forward to every issue. There is nothing like a “real” newspaper, turning the pages, looking over the headlines and...
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Health care: truths and struggles
August 16, 2008In September 2004, this newspaper issued a pamphlet called “Medicare For All! A Guide to Single Payer National Health Insurance.” It explained what “single-payer” is and why so many organizations, health professionals and politicians see it...
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