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Richard Lee sits before a classroom in Oakland explaining how the term marijuana has racist origins because it was first popularized to make Mexicans appear criminal and sinister.

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Welcome to 'Oak-sterdam'updated: Tue Oct 26 2010 08:59:00

A section of Oakland, California has earned the nickname "Oak-sterdam." CNN's Ted Rowlands explains why.

Drive to legalize marijuana rolls on in Californiaupdated: Fri Jul 24 2009 23:20:00

Richard Lee greets students, shopkeepers and tourists as he rolls his wheelchair down Broadway at the speed of a brisk jog, hailing them with, "Hi. How ya doin'?"

Time.com: UN Food Program Finds Hunger in Rural Zimbabweupdated: Thu Oct 09 2008 15:00:00

Some rural Zimbabweans facing one of the hungriest years they could remember have been forced to live on a meal a day and in some cases only on wild fruits, the U.N. food aid agency said Thursday

Bringing mobiles to the massesupdated: Mon Sep 13 2004 06:13:00

Technology companies have always tried to win over the ultra-savvy consumer at the cutting edge of the market, but now they are going after another audience.

Spending frenzy for China's wealthyupdated: Wed Jan 21 2004 04:43:00

Chairman Mao might have turned in his grave had he seen the convoy of Ferraris parade by Tiananmen Square, swing under his huge image overhanging the entry to the Forbidden City and roar right past his mausoleum.

Fortune: FORTUNE Magazine contents page NOVEMBER 14, 1994 VOL. 130, NO. 10 updated: Mon Nov 14 1994 00:01:00

MANAGING/COVER STORY 52 WHY COMPANIES FAIL Every corporate disaster tells its own awful story. Yet most debacles are the result of the people at the top making one (or more) of six big mistakes -- ...

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