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May 23-29, 2007
Vol. 14 No. 20
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Time to End the Drug War?
The three-decade-long War on Drugs is really “a war on young people, on the poor, on people of color,” says former SPD chief

Seattle’s drug arrests are “off the charts” in unfairly targeting African Americans, says a UW sociologist. By CYDNEY GILLIS
NEWS
Task Force Takes Aim at Crimes Against Homeless
Harsher punishments could face those attacking people sleeping outdoors
By LAURA PEACH
Germany in Losing Battle to Save Last Glacier
Observers wonder why the world’s sixth-largest producer of greenhouse gases isn’t doing more
By ERIK KIRSCHBAUM
Waiting on the housing authority
By CYDNEY GILLIS
Just Heard
Change Agent
Editorial & Opinion
Lest We Forget
America’s wars are leading us into moral and financial bankruptcy. Praying for peace is not enough; Christians have to find a different way
By RICH LANG
Director's Corner
by TIM HARRIS

Adventures in Irony
We Have to Save the Weakening Dollar
by DR. WES BROWNING

Bus Chick: Transit Authority
Ordinary Heros
by CARLA SAULTER

Letters to the Editor
Call To Action
Ensure More Resources for the Homeless
INTERVIEW
Voices from the Street
Portland’s Sisters Of The Road offers homeless people a safe place to have a nice meal at an affordable price. Now, the Sisters have published a book that shares customers’ stories
By STEPHANIE KNIGHT
“When you are homeless, you are on the outside.”
An Excerpt from Voices from the Street
by Jessica Morrell
arts & entertainment
Book Review
Untapped: The Scramble for Africa’s Oil
Review by LESTER GRAY
Worth Seeing
Reviews by LESTER GRAY
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