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20 September 2005
Rev. Jackson Recommends a 21st Century Marshall Plan That Reinvests in the Gulf Coast
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Jesse Jackson
CHICAGO – The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, issued the following statement regarding President Bush’s Recovery Plan for the Gulf Coast region:

The Bush Administration,...
20 September 2005
Project Censored 2006
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- What we need in this country -- along with a disaster relief agency -- is a Media Accountability Day. One precious day out of the entire year when everyone in the news media stops reporting on what's wrong with everyone...
20 September 2005
Dodging the Costs of the Warfare State
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Norman Solomon
The New York Times began a new week with an editorial that typifies the media mind-set of the warfare state.

The Sept. 19 editorial warns of dire consequences from a growing deficit that has been boosted by tax cuts -- in...
17 September 2005
The Bankruptcy Act and New Orleans
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- Here's a good idea: Consumer groups and progressive congressfolks have joined in an effort to stop hundreds of thousands of victims of Hurricane Katrina from being further harmed by the new Bankruptcy Act, scheduled to...
15 September 2005
Dear Dubya, Your Pal, Perry
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- (With apologies to Ring Lardner and the "You Know Me, Al" letters.)

Dear Friend Dubya,

You know me, pal -- your ol' buddy, governor of Texas and the man with the reelly,...
15 September 2005
Levee Town
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Alexander Cockburn
Weather can wipe out cities forever. It's what happened to America's first city, after all, as a visit to Chaco Canyon northeast of Gallup, N.M., attests. At the start of the 13th century, it got hotter in that part of the world, and by...

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