Monthly Archives: September 2007

Jena, Louisiana

By Ray Watkins | Published: September 24, 2007
As the rally began to unfold this morning, it became clear that it would attract huge numbers of people, perhaps even the 40,000 that some organizers had predicted. They came to protest the case of the “Jena 6,” black youths who were charged with serious crimes for an attack on a white youth not long [...]
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An Interview with Philip Dine: the Sate of the Unions and Higher Education

By Ray Watkins | Published: September 21, 2007
You may already know Phillip Dine’s work. According to his official biography, he “covered the labor beat for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for two decades. “ Among his many achievements are two Pulitzer Prize nominations; more recently he won the 2007 National Press Club Edwin Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence and the 2007 Society of [...]
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