Ellen Goodman Profiles Karen Nussbaum as Women’s Bureau Leader
Ellen Goodman outlines Karen Nussbaum's path from Harvard secretary to founder of 9 to 5 and new director of the Labor Department Women’s Bureau. The piece notes her view that working women are shock absorbers of the economy, the 1990s work-family squeeze, downsizing, and wage gaps, and her aim to inform women of rights and connect them with grass roots groups to drive public debate and change.
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Chiapas uprising tests Mexico's social justice record
Uprising in Chiapas led by the Zapatista National Liberation Army erupts on New Year’s Day as NAFTA takes effect. Reports warn of hundreds dead, with authorities citing lower figures, while the famine of poverty and lack of services in Chiapas fuels calls for justice. The Church, bishops, and Pope John Paul II urge peace and reform as Manuel Camacho Solis leads a government effort to reconcile and mediate the crisis.
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Commission of Peace and Reconciliation
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Namath at 50 prompts nostalgia for a youth charged era
A reflective piece recalls Joe Namath turning 50 amid Super Bowl prep and a vanished era. It contrasts 1969 jet age optimism with later decades, noting JFK and MLK losses, Vietnam, and cultural shifts. The narrator muses on youth, memory, and the idea that every generation imagines it had better days.
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Thurman Thomas
Clinton health reform would herd Americans into medical plans
William A. Rusher argues in The Conservative Advocate that the Clinton plan forces universal enrollment in government approved health plans, limits doctor choice, and trails a system of penalties and rationing. He warns that choosing care could become a federal crime and urges action within four months.
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