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EDITORIAL: Keep the pressure on
June 2, 2006In 2004 Bush announced his immigration program, calling for increased enforcement and a temporary worker program. In November 2005 he again called for such legislation with a stronger emphasis on enforcement. In December, when the House...
Read moreRuin, rubble and race: Lessons on centennial of the Great San Francisco Earthquake & Fire of 1906
June 2, 2006It’s as if the spotlight that Hurricane Katrina cast on the inequities of disaster relief never happened. San Francisco’s high and mighty are in full-throated self-celebration of the city’s “rising from the ashes” of the April...
Read moreAbstaining from sex education politics
June 2, 2006Earlier this month the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) held a conference on sexually transmitted diseases. The conference was slated to include a panel discussion entitled “Are ‘Abstinence-Only Until Marriage’ Programs a Threat to Public Health?”...
Read moreImmigration bills head to showdown; mass pressure seen as key to immigrant rights
June 2, 2006With the May 25 Senate passage of S 2611, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006, both houses of Congress have approved separate major immigration bills. The next step is for a House/Senate conference committee to...
Read moreGuilty! Enron workers cheer Lay, Skilling verdicts
June 2, 2006HOUSTON – Enron workers who lost billions in pension benefits when the company collapsed are voicing satisfaction that at last top Enron executives have been found guilty of a long list of crimes that plunged the...
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