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Jail begins for SOA protesters
April 16, 2004SACRAMENTO, Calif. – “I still believe, even after being degraded, yelled at, groped and shackled in chains, that each American can make a difference. We can close this school for terrorists.” So said Leisa Faulkner Barnes,...
Read moreHome health care workers seek justice
April 16, 2004NEW YORK – Though they care for the sick, injured and elderly, thousands of home health aides here don’t have any health insurance themselves. They are among the almost 2 million New Yorkers who are uninsured....
Read moreAfrican American leaders build womens march
April 16, 2004Prominent African American leaders representing a broad coalition of organizations are urging members of Black communities across the country to join the March for Women’s Lives April 25 in Washington, D.C. Their message: the current attack...
Read moreAs useful as teats on a boar
April 9, 2004Opinion Recently The New York Times reported a dispute at a meeting in France of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Read moreMarital musings
April 9, 2004Opinion In March, the cabaret critic Stephen Holden penned a lovely obituary of the American songwriter Bart Howard in The New York Times. In it, Holden reported that Howard, who died on Feb. 21 at the...
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