Editorials Our Opinions Unions could lead discrimination battle
The piece argues the departure of the United Auto Workers from the AFL CIO is more about ideological disputes than a simple dues issue. It notes UAW’s progressive work, racial integration, and calls for a broader, more aggressive labor movement that could reshape American unions and policy if other unions join.
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AFL Cio
AFL
CIO
Walter Reuther
UAW
Afl-Cio
Dts
Reuther
AFI Cio
California
Texas
Detroit
Flint
Dearborn
Rinal Tabor
Teamsters Union
Tée Labor
Letters to the Editor guidelines from the Southern Windsaw
The Southern Windsaw invites letters to the editor and shares rules for submission. Letters should be 300 to 400 words, signed, not anonymous except to protect job or safety, and must avoid libelous material. Poems are not accepted and confidentiality may apply in sensitive cases.
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Southern Windsaw
Ombudsman Idea for Lieutenant Governor Faces Questions
Sen Paul Simon proposes making the lieutenant governor an unofficial ombudsman to hear citizen complaints during interim periods. Critics say the Arrington plan for a full-time ombudsman at 33000 dollars has foreign roots and democratic risks. Simon argues interim independence could improve government accessibility until a full-time, independent post is created.
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W. Russell Arrington
Paul Simon
Troy
Sen. Simon
Sen
Arrington
Simon
Fhetta
Mr. Simon
General Assembly
Invisible poor march seeks political voice in Washington
Robert D. Reid argues in the Freeport Journal-Standard that hunger and poverty persist in the United States. The piece reflects on the Poor People’s March, critiques subsidies for the rich, and highlights calls for a guaranteed minimum income or welfare reforms. It cites Abernathy, Harrington, and a negative income tax proposal to lift millions above poverty. The author asks how long the invisible poor will be ignored while dollars fund defense and luxury.
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Robert D. Reid
Freeport Journal-Standard
United States
Washington
Coxey’s Army
Capitol Hil
Congress
Ralph Abernathy
New York
Rockefeller
Treasury
Joint Economic Committee For Congress
Michael Harrington
Bond questions spark debate over Jackson County Nursing Home
Editor asks why a bond is needed to enlarge the Jackson County Nursing Home amid questions on current occupancy, public assistance share, private capacity, and whether privately built homes could serve those able to pay. The note cites a 158 bed capacity, about 50 percent public aid, and a 28-bed addition filled rapidly. It also recalls past referrals to private facilities and a waiting list.
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The
Southern Clincisan
Jackson County Nursing Home
Jackson County
Jackson County Nursing Home Board
Competi
Elden Smith
Carbondale
Deal Carbondale
John Chapman
Nabokov novel King Queen and Knave seen as total creation
A critical reading of Nabokov's King Queen and Knave in which Dreyer Martha and Franz enact a tragic romantic triangle. The review notes the 1928 Berlin setting and Nabokov's focus on form over plot as the work’s central achievement.
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Knave
Dreyer
Berlin
Martha
Franz
Mara Martha
Vladimir Nabokov
King
Knaye
Nabokov
Elverado District backs May 25 referendum for new classrooms
Former Elverado Unit and Junior College District 530 board member urges support for the May 25 referendum. He notes aging buildings, the need for health and safety renovations, and says more classroom space is essential to sustain quality education for youth.
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The
Southern Windsow
Elverado
Junior College District
Yes vote urged for Elkville school bond referendum
A public notice from Delmar Martin Trustee Elkville Village Board urges residents of Oroville Vergennes Dowell Elkville and surrounding Elverado CUSD 196 areas to vote yes on May 25 for a property tax bond referendum. It notes 20 years since Elkville grade school fire reconstruction and 2 years since Elverado High School renovation and calls for improved lighting electrical work heating and classroom space.
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Oroville
Vergennes
Dowell
Elkville
Elverado Community Unit
Elverado High School
Unit Board of Education
Delmar Martin
Elkville Village Board
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