Because People Matter

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Current Issue

May/June 2009

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Inside this issue:

Editorial.....................................................2
Take the Pledge With Code Pink................2
Peace Needs Truth.....................................2
She Works Hard for Her Housing...............3
California Universal Health Care Act...........3
Life Under Occupation...............................4
The Drought Snow Job...............................5
Hate Crime Protested.................................6
Bloody History of “Race Management”......6
Constitutional Convention...........................7
Location, Location, Location!.....................7
Because Raza Matter.................................8-9
Sacramento Area Peace Action: Apartheid and Racism: Legacy of the Nakbah.....................................................10
Educational Homestay Programs................11
Book Review: Ayatollah Begs to Differ.......11
The Green Gov? Think Again!....................12
Lemon Hill Neighborhood..........................13
You Said It—BPM reader commentary......14
Calendar....................................................15
Progressive Media......................................16