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Guellec: Death in America
Commentary, May, 24 2000
Dorothy Guellec
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Most people do not take hunger in America seriously, but add this to cutbacks in food stamps, the daily need for insulin, and low wages, and then we really have a life-threatening situation here. If diabetics donÕt eat, they can develop ketoacidos...
Solomon: OVERCOMING THE HAZARDS OF MEDIA
Commentary, May, 22 2000
Norman Solomon
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After the "Love Bug" virus struck millions of computer hard drives, many news outlets attributed the magnitude of the damage to overwhelming reliance on the same type of software. Suddenly, in the digital world, steep downsides of technical confor...
Landau: McCaffery (Goliath) v. Hersh (David)
Commentary, May, 21 2000
Saul Landau
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I found the May 15 NPR news very even-handed - as always. The host interviewed Seymour Hersh, who wrote for the May 22 New Yorker Overwhelming Force, an expose on General Barry McCaffery's Gulf War conduct. Hersh interviewed soldiers and officers ...
Anderson: China PNTR "trust me"
Graphic, May, 20 2000
Kirk Anderson
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china trade, china, pntr, mfn, globalization, free trade,
Russell: Why not Capitalism?
Commentary, May, 20 2000
Marta Russell
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Society still perceives disability as a medical matter. That is, society associates disability with physiological, anatomical, or mental ÒdefectsÓ and hold these conditions responsible for the disabled personÕs lack of full participation in the ec...
Marable: Why Diallo Had To Die
Commentary, May, 19 2000
Manning Marable
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For more than one year, the controversy surrounding the New York murder of Amadou Diallo has made headlines throughout the world. Most people have heard by now about the unarmed African immigrant who was fired on 41 times as he stood in the vestib...
Anderson: China trade punch-card
Graphic, May, 18 2000
Kirk Anderson
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china, trade, pntr, free trade, china trade, mfn, globalization
Deutsch: Is Too Much Thinking Bad for Grades?
Graphic, May, 18 2000
Barry Deutsch
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Nigeria, Shell, oil, guilt, divestment
Burchill: New Rules of Engagement
Commentary, May, 18 2000
Scott Burchill
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In the first weeks of September last year, 70% of all public buildings and private residences in East Timor were destroyed. At least 75% of the population of the territory was displaced, with over 260,000 people being driven across the border into...
Ali: London Defeats Tony Blair: The Consequences of Citizen Ken
Commentary, May, 17 2000
Tariq Ali
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In these times of political adversity for the left, Ken Livingstone's spectacular triumph against the culture and politics of New Labour marks an important turning point in English politics. Blair refused to accept Livingstone as the Labour candid...
