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Pakistan's slave trade


Afghan refugees sold into prostitution; indentured servitude flourishes; and scenes from a slave auction
BY ANDREW BUSHELL
 
ANNALS OF LABOR
Squeeze cited in lockout of New England Gas workers

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
Supporters rap a dichotomy on choice

THE DRUG WAR
Pot draws a misplaced focus


photo Fear and drawing
Les Daniels has turned two loves -- horror and comic books -- into one unlikely career. An interview with the award-winning local legend
BY TAMARA WIEDER
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In Quahog Land, we'll make our stand
So what's all the fuss about the Missing Linc's crack Constituent Affairs office giving the green light to the proclamation declaring April as "Confederate History and Heritage Month" in the Biggest Little? Although it's long been rumored that Vo Dilun battled for the Union in the Civil War, the fact is that we have quite a bit in common with the Confederacy. For one thing, they used slaves and we provided them.
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Literary labors lost
On being a freelance writer over 40 in a retracting society
BY KEN CAPOBIANCO
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