Roberta Wood
LATEST ARTICLES BY Roberta Wood
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World
Vietnam cares for its veterans
April 18, 2016Vietnam spends 25 percent of its national budget providing pensions and social services to the nine million people who are veterans or related to them.
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U.S.
Sanders “political revolution” includes democratizing the Democratic Party
March 4, 2016Who the Democratic Party nominee for president will be is not the only issue at stake in this Spring's primary elections.
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U.S.
South Carolinians facing tough times, but think politicians won’t help
February 29, 2016Voters and non-voters alike see themselves and their neighbors facing hard times. But many of those we talked with feel that they are on their own.
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U.S.
South Carolina voters want to reverse damage by GOP state government
February 27, 2016South Carolinians desperately need better paying jobs, more accessible health care and better schools, but Governor Haley is using a $400 million surplus for tax cuts for the wealthy.
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U.S.
Chicago parents in 160 neighborhoods join teachers in demanding school resources
February 17, 2016In Chicago, the issue of getting the resources kids need is particularly urgent.
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U.S.
Shady bond deals at root of Chicago school funding crisis
February 11, 2016Over a billion dollars of taxpayer money will be diverted from Chicago's school children to high interest loan payments to bankers over the next three decades.
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Labor
“Ramp up our pay,” demand Seattle baggage handlers
January 20, 2016It's about fairness as much as the money, a baggage handler says; "I have to follow the law, why shouldn't they?"
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Arts
“Getting Back”: Is revenge enough?
October 16, 2015Sinclair dedicates her book "to those who have been bullied, whether the blows arrived by fists or with words."
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