National
Gulf workers confront race to bottom
November 2, 2007NEW ORLEANS — Renaissance Park in Baker, La., has a name that does it no justice. Home to Catherine Pitt, 31, an African American mother and her two children, it is row after row of cramped...
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Unite against racism
November 2, 2007Commentary Racist provocations and violence are on the rise and a cause for great concern. Racism represents a grave danger to our nation. James Watson, awarded a Nobel Prize 50 years ago for DNA research, prompted...
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Nationwide, the call is for peace
November 2, 2007Marilyn Bechtel, Joe Bernick, Marc Brodine, Jesus Eligio, Paul Hill, Pepe Lozano, John Rummel, Ben Sears and Tim Wheeler reporting.“The people believe that peace is possible and we know that we are here to make it...
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EDITORIAL: A mean and vicious veto
October 26, 2007Mean. Vicious. Those words describe the 154 Republicans and two Democrats in the House who voted Oct. 18 to sustain George W. Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The vote was 273-156,...
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EDITORIAL: Californias wildfires
October 26, 2007As we went to press, devastating wildfires sweeping southern California had forced at least half a million people to flee their homes, with close to 2,000 houses destroyed. Twenty-one firefighters and at least 24 others had...
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