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A question of fairness: rights for gay couples

November 27, 2003

Opinion Increasingly, Americans are discovering that gay couples can be good neighbors who work, pay taxes, and contribute to their communities just like other couples. The vast majority of Americans support the kind of legal protections...

An outbreak of sanity

November 27, 2003

Opinion MoveOn.org, sponsor of a recent speech by Al Gore, and recipient of a $5 million contribution from billionaire George Soros, is reaping the benefits of a developing split in the ruling class. Soros, a Hungarian...

Editorials

November 27, 2003

That all may eat George W. Bush and his wealthy patrons will probably feast this Thanksgiving without a thought to the millions of people made hungry by their “steal from the poor, give to the rich”...

Cintas hit for sweatshop methods

November 27, 2003

NEW YORK – Calling for an investigation into sweatshop conditions at Cintas facilities that service 11 universities nationwide, workers detailed serious abuses of workers’ rights at a press conference unveiling a report submitted to the Fair...

Machine guns on Arizona choppers?

November 27, 2003

TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona Republican Rep. John Shadegg wants the U.S. Customs Department’s Black Hawk helicopters to be armed with .50-caliber machine guns. Shadegg says this would allow a gunner on board to fire into the...