National
This first draft needs work
September 28, 2007One of the best English teachers I know teaches at our high school. She always draws the Senior English class assignment because she can coax out of even the most reluctant 18-year-old a solid “senior paper,”...
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EDITORIAL: From Little Rock to Jena
September 28, 2007This week the nation observed the 50th anniversary of the struggle to integrate public schools in Little Rock, Ark. It came just one week after 50,000 protesters converged on Jena, La., to protest the criminalization of...
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Gulf fishermen struggle to rebuild what Katrina destroyed
September 28, 2007YSCLOSKEY, La. — In a shower of sparks, Ricky Robin was repairing hurricane damage to “Lil’ Rick,” his 56-foot steel-hulled shrimp boat, when he spotted an out-of-town reporter snapping photos. “I built her with my own...
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Bush veto would strip 5 million kids of health care
September 28, 2007President Bush’s threatened veto of legislation to renew and expand the popular State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) puts at risk medical insurance for 5 million or more poor children, according to fighters for children’s health...
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Iraq Moratorium asks How many more will die?
September 28, 2007CHICAGO — Dozens of peace activists, covered in white sheets, some stained with fake blood, lay motionless on the concrete with red carnations atop their bodies in a “die-in” at Federal Plaza here Sept. 21, symbolizing...
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