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• Health care reform now

  Education is a fundamental human right. So is universal health care. There is no moral justification in denying it to anyone, especially in the most prosperous nation on earth.

• Labor pride

  This year’s Labor Day Parade, with its many thousands of enthused participants, served notice that this holiday has once again come into its own as the holiest of America’s unifying secular holidays.

• Obama speech right on

  Some folks spent a lot of energy complaining that President Obama’s back-to-school speech was designed as a sinister ploy to spread partisan propaganda by infiltrating the schools and indoctrinating kids. Give us a break!

• Swine flu: learning from the past

  Unlike last spring, when the swine flu epidemic in our city schools seemed to take both the Department of Education and the Department of Health by surprise, this fall we are heartened to see preparation, planning and a clear protocol for how to proceed in the event of a swine flu resurgence.

• Tom Pappas: A giant retires

  Tom Pappas, adviser to the last three presidents of the UFT and presently chapter leader of the Retired Teachers’ Chapter, is retiring after more than 50 years of dedicated service to the union.

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