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Mugabe's Mess

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Friday, June 17, 2005

It’s believed that more than 200,000 Zimbabweans have been driven from their homes this month because of their opposition to President Robert Mugabe. Guardian journalist Andrew Meldrum says it’s typical behavior for the African nation’s dictator.

Splitting Unions

Stuart Acuff national director of the AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
- says unions should stick together
» AFL-CIO
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Steven Lerner director of building services, SEIU Service Employees International Union
- on the coalition of unions who want ...

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Senate Says Sorry

Cynthia Tucker, editorial page editor of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, -says an apology for not banning lynching should be no big deal, so why did some Senators not support it?
» Cynthia Tucker
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Carol M. Swain, professor of law and political science at ...

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Open Phones

Listeners call in

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Mugabe's mess

Andrew Meldrum, journalist and author, Where We Have Hope: A Memoir of Zimbabwe (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005)
-on Zimbabwe's misery

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NY 51: 39th District

Bill de Blasio, Member of City Council (D-39th District-Park Slope, Kensington, Windsor Terrace, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Borough Park and Boerum Hill)
-shares the sights and sounds of Park Slove & surroundings
» Bill de Blasio

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Photo Album: Andrew Meldrum and Bill De Blasio


Andrew Meldrum loves the mic


Bill de Blasio keeps it real

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Brace Yourself!

Monday morning we finally tackle the ruckus emanating from Capitol Hill and the CPB. Undoubtedly, many of you have received email forwards about this, or heard WNYC President Laura Walker's radio spots about it.

The short short version is this: a House committee has passed a spending bill that ...

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