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New York commission recommends hospital closures to cut costs
Close seven nursing homes, nine functioning hospitals, reduce at least a dozen more to the point of uselessness and eliminate…
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U.S. House launches racist attack on Mumia Abu-Jamal
Dec. 9 marked the 25th anniversary of the arrest of African American political prisoner on death row Mumia Abu-Jamal. Hundreds…
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Movement to free Mumia set to expand on gains
This article first appeared in the December 2006 issue of Socialism and Liberation magazine. What began as a traffic stop…
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U.S. prison population highest in the world
According to a Nov. 30 Justice Department report, the number of inmates in U.S. prisons rose 35 percent from 1995…
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Seven guards, nurse indicted in Florida boot camp killing
On Nov. 28, seven guards and a nurse were charged with aggravated manslaughter against a child for the murder of…
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Raúl Castro: ‘Cuba will preserve its independence and sovereignty’
The following speech was delivered on Dec. 2 by Raúl Castro, first vice president of the Cuban Council of State…
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Global warming case heard by Supreme Court
For the first time, the environmental movement has brought the issue of global warming before the U.S. Supreme Court. At…
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Politicians fiddle, Iraq burns
In 1970, Henry Kissinger chaired the Vietnam War’s version of the Iraq Study Group (ISG). Its name was virtually the…
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Senate education bill would create massive databases tracking students
Senators Hilary Clinton, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry have introduced the New National Defense Education Act of 2006, Senate Bill…
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Same goals, different strategy
The midterm congressional election defeat of the Republican majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives, followed by the…
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