National
Students sit in to save schools
March 30, 2007JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — As hundreds of students, parents and concerned citizens chanted “No takeover,” the Missouri Board of Education voted 5-1 to strip accreditation from the 32,000-student St. Louis City Public Schools March 22. A...
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My Landlord Likes Lenin
March 28, 2007One morning last week, a tired-looking businessman named Richard Du was pacing around the partly renovated space that would soon house Dumann Realty, his commercial real estate brokerage. “We’re moving in this Friday,” Mr. Du said...
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Stop raids on immigrant workers
March 23, 2007On March 6, the Bush administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, carried out a brutal immigration raid on Michael Bianco, Inc., in New Bedford, Mass., arresting 350 workers....
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No, Texas is not all about Bush: Lone Star State has proud socialist past
March 23, 2007Anyone who can unsnarl honest Texas history from domination by myths and outright lies will find a proud working class with socialist leaders as advanced as any in the nation. Of course, they are well hidden....
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EDITORIAL: No Pace
March 23, 2007The firestorm over anti-gay remarks by the top U.S. military officer continues to reverberate around the country. Statements to the Chicago Tribune earlier this month by Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,...
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