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Chicago City Council passes law protecting immigrants

April 21, 2006

The Chicago City Council passed an ordinance March 29 that forbids police and other city employees from participating in the witch-hunt against undocumented immigrants that has been whipped up by the Republican far right. Under the...

Womens inequality makes capitalists rich

April 14, 2006

This article is from a talk given at a Women’s History Month event on the fight against male supremacy, held March 9 at Unity Center in Chicago. Another presentation at the event, “Male supremacy is not...

Not this time rape, race and class at Duke

April 14, 2006

The great unspoken now has public voice. Women rarely report sexual assault, rape. When the victim is African American, the silence is deafening. That is about to change. ESPN and CBS put the Duke University lacrosse...

EDITORIAL: Waving the flag

April 14, 2006

With the sea of American flags waving at the Washington Monument and in the streets of towns and cities across our country, immigrant rights marchers are reclaiming the flag as a symbol of liberty, democracy and...

Massachusetts health plan fatally flawed

April 14, 2006 By Steffie Woolhandler And David U. Himmelstein

Despite a stirring scene in the Massachusetts State House Rotunda declaring victory in the fight for universal health coverage, the state’s new health reform legislation sets the stage for disaster.