War on Drugs needs healing focus beyond punishment
Leonard Pitts argues the war on drugs wastes resources and worsens outcomes. He cites rising youth drug use, mass incarceration, and the harms to families while urging a shift toward treatment and prevention backed by data from Pew and other studies. He reflects on a personal story of a father’s blues records stolen for crack and ends with his contact details.
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Pay Gap Found Between Genders on Federal Contracts
Washington reports a Labor Department survey of federal contractors found the average woman earns 72 cents for every dollar a man makes on government contract work. The AP and Gazette staff sources note the disputed figures and emphasize the pay discrepancy.
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Washington
U.S
Labor Department
Equal Pay Day bake sale highlights wage gap in Iowa City
In Iowa City a bake sale raised awareness of the wage disparity between men and women. Organizers noted men paid $1 for a treat while women paid 72 cents, underscoring ongoing gaps cited by Senator Tom Harkin and labor officials.
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Wa City
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D Lown
Labor Department
Harkin
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Labor
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Gazette promotes future with soybean ink and recycling
The Gazette, established 1883 and printed in Cedar Rapids Iowa, promotes agribusiness and environmental efforts by using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. Readers are urged to recycle newspapers at City Carton or nearby locations and to send address changes to Gazette Communications Inc.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
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Iowa City Gazette
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U.S
Associated Press
Recount would still have given Bush Florida victory
A Knight Ridder USA Today review of 64 248 Florida ballots across 67 counties found Bush leading Gore by 1 665 votes under recount standards favored by Gore backers the Supreme Court halted. The result would still favor Bush under most counting rules. Gore would need statewide undervote recount and liberal tentatively counted marks to win.
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Miami
Bush
Florida
White House
U.S. Supreme Court
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Miami Herald
USA Today
al Gore
BDO Seidman, LLP
Florida Supreme Court
Gore
Correction: Cedar Rapids Boys & Girls Club number
The telephone number for the Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids is 363-5766. The Gazette will respond to complaints about accuracy and fairness of news reports and headlines with corrections or clarifications published in this space. Phone 398-8313.
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