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Latinos: Now is the time to vote
October 1, 2008Latino groups and Spanish-language media companies are conducting a national campaign called “Ya Es Hora, Ve Y Vota,” which means “Now is the time, go and vote,” giving eligible voters tools to register online and telling...
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New South Africa president spurs hope for workers, poor
October 1, 2008Workers and the poor of South Africa looked to “a new dawn” following the leadership upheaval in the country’s dominant party, the African National Congress. With only months left in his second and final term, Thabo...
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Palin or Pelosi who represents the real West?
October 1, 2008Sarah Palin knows how to hunt wolves. She can skin a moose. She lives way up there on America's last frontier. So, we might think, here's a national candidate who represents the 'real' American West, not...
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An appeal from the Cuban Five
October 1, 2008The following is a letter from Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, who is one of the five Cuban men imprisoned in the United States for fighting terrorism. Known as the Cuban Five, these men were in the U.S....
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Disarmament advocates vs. U.S.-India nuclear deal
September 30, 2008Peace and disarmament activists are warning that an agreement now before the Senate to let India buy nuclear fuel and technology from the United States for civilian purposes could make it easier for India to build...
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