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Issue: 514

Apr 25, 2013

Commentary

Education Yes, but Young Workers Need Jobs Now

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

The only possibilities for change lie in activism and organizing,”

I was a wee lad when I first was told that figures can lie and liars can figure. It was a caution to be careful when…

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Commentary

Tracheal Intubation

By Wilson Riles Columnist

The U.S. must drop its false sense of superiority and exceptionalism born of racism and imperialism.

Tracheal intubation is when a plastic tube is stuck down your “trachea (windpipe) to maintain an open airway or to serve as a conduit through which…

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Commentary

“Hatred Begets Hatred, and Terrorism Begets Terrorism”

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Before the fascists and the communists, there was the United States and Manifest Destiny.

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright had it right! His sermons spoke truthfully about the United States and its past and current engagement with terrorism. State-sponsored terrorism was…

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Commentary

What a Difference a Word Makes

By John Funiciello Columnist

the White House “has given final approval for dramatically raising permissible radioactive levels in drinking water and soil…what its proponents call a new normal”

Suppose you had a radiation problem and wanted to skirt the rules and regulations so you didn’t actually have to do anything about proper disposal or…

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View from the Battlefield

Getting To The Roots Of Terror – Understanding How The Boston Marathon Turned Into The Boston Massacre

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

While we mourn the families and loved ones touched by the Boston bombings, it’s high-time that U.S. citizens stop asking rhetorical questions and start asking pointed questions that get us to the root causes of terrorism and other forms of violence.

This country faces terrorist threats from home and abroad. I suggest that Americans pull themselves from the bowels of reality TV, from the drowning waters of…

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