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Bush Plan Leaves Some Children Behind
This week the Senate passed the misnamed No Child Left Behind Act, which gives the federal government an unprecedented say in the standards public school children must meet. Yet it...
Pharmaceutical Industry: Rx for Profit
By any measure, the pharmaceutical business is big business. Last year, retail pharmacies filled 2.9 billion prescriptions, an increase of 7.5 percent over 1999. Sales from the 50 best-selling prescription...
Arabs and Jews Call for Middle East Peace
WASHINGTON Arab and Jewish Americans are speaking with one voice in denouncing terrorism in the Middle East and calling for strong action to defend the peace process based on the...
Steelworkers Fight for America’s Future
Steelworkers from LTV Steel Corporation took the fight to save their jobs, pensions and health-care benefits to Capitol Hill last week.
Colombia: Next Target of War on Terrorism?
The struggle to determine who will benefit from the riches of Colombia's natural resources and the wealth created by its people is at the heart of the crisis in Colombia...