State ballot measures highlight social, labor issues
Claiming voters’ attention this fall alongside races for national, state and local elective offices are over 150 state ballot initiatives and a wide range of local measures.
LETTERS
Spend on troops, not war U.S. — land of prisons Give up war job? Alleg interview Happy holidays News not fit for NYT Thank you volunteers!
New York hospital closings: a sick proposal
New York State’s “Commission on Health Care in the 21st Century” has called for closing at least nine hospitals, which, with further forced mergers and downsizing, would reduce hospital beds by 4,200 statewide.
Dear Santa
About 200 demonstrators participated in a holiday-themed picket line and rally at the Woodfin Suites Hotel in Emeryville, Calif., Dec. 18.
NATIONAL CLIPS
ATLANTA: Protests force FBI investigation into police killing WASHINGTON: Cheeks Kilpatrick to lead Black Caucus AUGUSTA, Maine: Venezuelan heating oil keeps Mainers warm SEATTLE: Publicly owned utility shines after storms
War at Christmas time
A poem
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Pinochet Saddam Hussein Landless in Montana Indigenous peoples
NATIONAL CLIPS
SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Two labor victories Chicago: The right to be warm CLEVELAND: Kucinich to run for president WASHINGTON: Green light for police brutality NORTH POLE: Votes pour in for Claus ‘naughty’ list
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Smile Getting out of disaster Timetable or doom EPA: who needs science? Free Mumia Cartoons a plus
U.S. policies sharpen Lebanon conflicts
Demonstrations have taken over Beirut. Pundits say Lebanon may be on the brink of a new civil war. With Lebanon’s politics being a complicated mix of religion, family loyalties, class and outside intervention, current U.S. policies in the region have only heightened tensions.
