The abortion debate; Vietnam
and Iraq
Iraq war
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Focusing on the war
March will mark the third anniversary of the Iraq War, and several groups — The Peace Action and Education Task Force, Rochester Against War, and the RIT Antiwar Network — are presenting the second installment of their speaker series, “Realities of War: Truth From the Front Lines” next week. The program will be held at […]
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Reader feedback – 2.01.06
‘Winning’ in Iraq, militarizing Monroe, fixing New York
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Reader feedback – 1.04.06
When I started reading Mayor Johnson’ frustrations with the incoming
mayor that was reported in your last issue (troubling transition at city hall
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Urban journal – 11.23.05
The Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld attacks on critics of the Iraq war have been vicious, but not surprising. Nor is it surprising that some Republican members of Congress have joined in, or that the Republican Party — as concerned as the administration about eroding public support for the president and the war — is producing television ads targeting […]
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Hot news, cold news
Do you ever wonder how some stories in the news get covered extensively; others, seemingly more important, get little coverage, and still others get no coverage at all? Here are a few examples of what I mean by COLD NEWS. These are stories that are “out there” but there is little or no follow-up. • […]
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Cost of war 7.20.05
The totals: 1,766 American soldiers, 194 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 22,850 to 25,881 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to July 17. American soldiers killed from July 11-17: Sergeant Timothy J. Sutton, 22; Springfield, Missouri | Specialist Benyahmin B. Yahudah, 24; Bogart, Georgia | Corporal Clifton […]
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Days of war
This Thursday, June 9, will mark 1,365 days since September 11, 2001, the putative beginning of the War on Terror. And virtually no one will take notice. But this number’s been around before: It was 1,365 days between the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) and final victory over the Axis powers in World […]
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Reader feedback 6.8.05
Catholics and dissent, the Bush visit, designing downtown
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Body count 10.27.04
To honor the war dead and fill an information gap in US mass media, City Newspaper will run weekly lists of American soldiers and Iraqi civilians killed during the occupation of Iraq. The totals: 1104 American soldiers, 140 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 13,908 to 16,033 Iraqicivilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of […]
